TN farmers protesting at Jantar Mantar ‘eat’ own excreta, say human flesh next
Tamil Nadu farmers protesting in Delhi are demanding loan waivers,
revised drought packages, a Cauvery Management Committee, and fair
prices for their products, among other things
Updated: Sep 11, 2017 11:35 IST
By A Mariyam Alavi, Hindustan Times A file photo of Tamil Nadu farmers
protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Ten of their men, including
their leader P Ayyakannu, took the drastic step on Sunday.(Sonu
Mehta/HT file)
A group of farmers from Tamil Nadu,
, have made a desperate attempt to draw attention of the authorities
by allegedly eating their own excreta in protest.
Ten of their men, including their leader P Ayyakannu, took the drastic
step on Sunday. “I feel like throwing up when I even think about it,”
said Palanichamy, who was one of the 10 who allegedly ate their own
excreta.
“We collected the excreta in the morning (in plastic bags) and then
ate it... By not giving us revised drought packages, compensation for
crops ruined by the bad weather conditions and refusing loan waivers,
the central government has forced us into a position of having to eat
our own waste,” said Ayyakannu, president of the national south Indian
rivers linking farmers’ association.
The farmers said they would eat human flesh on Monday to add steam to
their protest.
“We had been here for 41 days earlier, and now by Tuesday it will be
the 59th day since we came back. So altogether, Tuesday will mark the
hundredth day of our protest, and we plan to march in the nude to the
PM’s office then,” said Ayyakannu.
The group of farmers from Tamil Nadu had grabbed headlines earlier
this year, for their unique methods of protests, including biting mice
and snake bits, holding mock funerals and threatening to drink their
own urine.
The farmers are demanding loan waivers, revised drought packages, a
Cauvery Management Committee, and fair prices for their products,
among other things.
The farmers had earlier this year been at Jantar Mantar for over 40
days and returned in July with 17 skulls and 17 pairs of femur bones
allegedly of farmers who had committed suicide in the face of drought
and debt.
The farmers resumed their protest after the Supreme Court stayed the
Madras High Court order directing the state government to waive all
agricultural loans, irrespective of how much land the farmer owned.
The state government had moved the apex court, asking it to restrict
the loan waivers to small or marginal farmers who owned less than five
acres of land.
The Tamil Nadu government declared a drought in the state after the
India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that the northeast
monsoon in 2016 was the worst in 140 years. Farmers allege that their
crops were ruined in the drought and the subsequent Cyclone Vardah,
and are still reeling under its adverse effects.
Tamil Nadu farmers protesting in Delhi are demanding loan waivers,
revised drought packages, a Cauvery Management Committee, and fair
prices for their products, among other things
Updated: Sep 11, 2017 11:35 IST
By A Mariyam Alavi, Hindustan Times A file photo of Tamil Nadu farmers
protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Ten of their men, including
their leader P Ayyakannu, took the drastic step on Sunday.(Sonu
Mehta/HT file)
A group of farmers from Tamil Nadu,
, have made a desperate attempt to draw attention of the authorities
by allegedly eating their own excreta in protest.
Ten of their men, including their leader P Ayyakannu, took the drastic
step on Sunday. “I feel like throwing up when I even think about it,”
said Palanichamy, who was one of the 10 who allegedly ate their own
excreta.
“We collected the excreta in the morning (in plastic bags) and then
ate it... By not giving us revised drought packages, compensation for
crops ruined by the bad weather conditions and refusing loan waivers,
the central government has forced us into a position of having to eat
our own waste,” said Ayyakannu, president of the national south Indian
rivers linking farmers’ association.
The farmers said they would eat human flesh on Monday to add steam to
their protest.
“We had been here for 41 days earlier, and now by Tuesday it will be
the 59th day since we came back. So altogether, Tuesday will mark the
hundredth day of our protest, and we plan to march in the nude to the
PM’s office then,” said Ayyakannu.
The group of farmers from Tamil Nadu had grabbed headlines earlier
this year, for their unique methods of protests, including biting mice
and snake bits, holding mock funerals and threatening to drink their
own urine.
The farmers are demanding loan waivers, revised drought packages, a
Cauvery Management Committee, and fair prices for their products,
among other things.
The farmers had earlier this year been at Jantar Mantar for over 40
days and returned in July with 17 skulls and 17 pairs of femur bones
allegedly of farmers who had committed suicide in the face of drought
and debt.
The farmers resumed their protest after the Supreme Court stayed the
Madras High Court order directing the state government to waive all
agricultural loans, irrespective of how much land the farmer owned.
The state government had moved the apex court, asking it to restrict
the loan waivers to small or marginal farmers who owned less than five
acres of land.
The Tamil Nadu government declared a drought in the state after the
India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that the northeast
monsoon in 2016 was the worst in 140 years. Farmers allege that their
crops were ruined in the drought and the subsequent Cyclone Vardah,
and are still reeling under its adverse effects.
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