‘Farmers may opt for NOTA’

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