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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | The crisis in sugarcane is shaping politics in western UP's Jat belt -Shoaib Daniyal

The crisis in sugarcane is shaping politics in western UP's Jat belt -Shoaib Daniyal

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published Published on Feb 8, 2017   modified Modified on Feb 8, 2017
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The falling viability of sugarcane in the fertile Upper Doab is a portent to the tough times India’s farm sector could see in the future.

In Mundet Kalan, as dusk sets in, villagers get together for some chatter, passing around a large wooden hookah. The village, located in Shamli district of western Uttar Pradesh, is dominated by land-owning Jats – who are angry at almost everything around them.

“Jaton ke saath bahot julum howe hai,” said Virendar Singh, setting off a gurgle from the hookah. Jats face a lot of oppression.

This region votes on February 11, in the first phase of the seven-phase Assembly elections in the state.

In Mundet Kalan, Jats are angry with the Samajwadi Party for allegedly favouring Muslims in the 2013 Jat-Muslim riots. They are also incensed with the Bharatiya Janata Party for what they see as its heavy-handed treatment of Jats in Haryana during the reservations riots last year. And they are also angry with both the Samajwadi Party and the BJP for doing nothing for their main source of income: sugarcane.

“If things go on like this, we will have to stop growing sugarcane,” said Virendar Singh, sighing.

For a region that is crucially dependent on sugarcane, this is an alarming proposition. And while the threat might be an improbable one in the short term, the crisis of sugarcane in western Uttar Pradesh might go a long way in explaining the social and political crises that the region has experienced recently.

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Scroll.in, 7 February, 2017, https://scroll.in/article/828674/the-crisis-in-sugarcane-is-shaping-politics-in-western-ups-jat-belt


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