Bleeding heart third worldism in the name of poor and hungry is nice coming from right and left. BKU had no role in Muzaffarnagar killings and Swadeshi Jagarn Munch has no links with the Hindutwa right wing

[Lovely to see the famous Indian progressive NGO types rub shoulders with the most retrograde sections of the India's right wing, all for a good cause they will tell you. Bloody shameless hypocrites these third worldists from India as from elsewhere. The impresario call for a 'Bahu Beti Bachao' Mahapanchayat from BKU (which also represents the largest contingent of India's Kulaks in Via Campesina - the celebrated international peasants alliance much adored by the lefties] was the most open coordinated effort to fan the flames that led to the communal killings and mass migration scale in Muzaffarnagar district. Is BKU running the camps to provide food for the poor displaced in the camps. Its not their job they will tell you. And India's Largest right wing trade union BMS, was it out in the streets supporting the Right to food bill in India when the huge coordinated attack by the right took place to scuttle the bill in Parliament . . .. Nice and clean this coalition. Bravo for the international statement below against the imperialist devil. The less said the better of your hollow and shady alliance for real food security. --HK]

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India: Defending the Poor and Hungry is Non-Negotiable!

2 December 2013

On the occasion of the Ninth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Bali, Indonesia, several farmers’ organisations, trade unions, mass organisations and peoples’ campaigns resolved to support the Indian Government’s position to not trade away national food security.

The group welcomes the decision of the Indian Cabinet on 28th November to reject any peace clause that does not guarantee a permanent solution. The peace clause has been widely opposed by the Chairs of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce and Agriculture, several political parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left parties, and mass organisations.

However, the group cautioned the Indian negotiating team headed by Commerce Minister Mr. Anand Sharma, not to bow to any pressure to weaken India’s position on defending and upholding national food security as a sovereign right. The group declared that the safeguarding and promotion of the country’s food security, rural employment and livelihoods are non-negotiable, and that food security cannot be ensured without supporting agricultural production by small and marginal farmers

The group reminds the WTO members that no country needs to be on the defensive about protecting the right to food and fighting hunger in their countries. And that aggressively upholding the rights of its citizens is not tantamount to collapsing the ministerial talks. On the contrary, such pressure tactics must be exposed as a conspiracy to keep people hungry and poor.

It was decided that the group would closely monitor the negotiations during the ministerial meeting to ensure that the interests of the poor and hungry are not compromised in any way.

Action Aid India

Bhartiya Kisan Union

Bharatiya Krishak Samaj

Bharatiya Majdoor Sangh

Focus on the Global South India

Great Mission Group Consultancy

Public Services International

Right to Food Campaign

Shram Seva Nyas

South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movements

Swadeshi Jagran Manch

Third World Network India