“Scrapping the APMC Act and mandi in 2006 was a decision that was anti-farmer in nature. “Being the state agriculture minister, I will not allow continuation of BJP agenda in the agriculture department after the formation of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government in the state," news agency PTI quoted Singh as saying. The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar had repealed the APMC Act and ‘mandi’ (wholesale markets for agricultural produce) in 2006 during NDA rule in the state. Pointing out that he will not rest till the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act and ‘mandi’ system are restored, Singh had said the decision of scrapping them in 2006 was "anti-farmer” in nature. The last two roadmaps for agriculture together had a budget of nearly ₹3 lakh crore. Then, the agriculture ministry was with the BJP. In 2017, former president Ram Nath Kovind launched the third, which the NDA government in Bihar had decided to extend beyond 2022. Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Dr. The first agriculture road map was launched in 2008 with a small budget, while former President Pranab Mukhejee had launched the second agriculture roadmap in 2012 for the state with the aim of ushering in a ‘Rainbow Revolution’ in the state. The fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-14) will take place December 1-12, 2008, in Poznan, Poland. The government may make some other department the nodal department if it wants to extend the third agriculture road map beyond 2022,” he said. At least, as agriculture minister, I cannot give an extension to this road map. The figures of the agriculture department point to the failure of the roadmaps and there is no point the continuing with them without taking required corrective measures. Singh said the statistics of the government itself indicate utter failure of the agriculture road maps in achieving their objectives on any count. The RJD MLA had also recently flagged the issue of corruption in his department and on Saturday, he said he would not allow the “continuation of BJP agenda” in his department with the formation of the Grand Alliance government in the state. Killing the mandi law (Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee Act) has destroyed the farmers of the state,” news agency ANI quoted Jagdanand Singh as saying. “Someone needs to stand up for the farmers and the injustice being done to them. Bihar agriculture minister Sudhakar Singh, who recently criticised his own government’s policies by questioning the agriculture road maps, has resigned, his father and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Bihar president Jagdanand Singh said on Sunday.
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