‘Farmers may opt for NOTA’

‘Farmers may opt for NOTA’

The Hindu

Farmers may opt for NOTA (none of the above) if the political parties contesting the forthcoming Assembly elections fail to assure that the `just demands’ of the farmers would be fulfilled. Political parties have failed to consider the ‘just demands’ of the farmers such as increasing the procurement price to ₹3,500 per quintal for paddy and ₹4,500 per tonne for sugarcane, Sundara Vimalanathan, Secretary, Thanjavur District Cauvery Delta Farmers Protection Association, said in a statement
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