Placing UP Farmers Accuse Financial institution Of Siphoning Off Financial savings To Realise Loans
A probe into the topic has no longer showed the allegations, the police mentioned (Representational)
Banda, Uttar Pradesh:
Farmers from other districts of the Bundelkhand area in Uttar Pradesh began an indefinite starvation strike on the district headquarters of a rural financial institution in Banda on Monday alleging fraud on a part of the control.
Underneath the banner of Bundelkhand Kisan Union, the protesting farmers within the district have alleged that the agricultural financial institution used to be realising cash for the mortgage taken underneath Kisan Credit score Card (KCC) from their financial savings financial institution accounts with out their consent.
The police mentioned a probe into the topic has up to now no longer showed the allegations of the farmers towards the financial institution.
The cost of vegetation offered by way of the farmer is deposited without delay of their financial savings financial institution accounts by way of the Mandi Samiti which the financial institution officers are adjusting towards their mortgage, with out their consent, the president of Bundelkhand Kisan Union, Vimal Kumar Sharma informed newspersons.
The financial institution could also be adjusting the cash of quite a lot of central govt schemes like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), amongst others, to get better the mortgage dues, he mentioned.
The union attempted to check in an FIR towards the financial institution control however failed, Mr Sharma claimed.
Regarding an incident on the financial institution’s department in UP’s Mahoba district, Mr Sharma mentioned the cash from the financial savings accounts used to be transferred to the KCC mortgage accounts with out informing the farmers involved.
We additionally approached the police to hotel a case on this regard however they sided with the financial institution, Mr Sharma alleged.
Sitaram Naik, a protesting farmer from Panwari house of Mahoba district, mentioned, “Rs 2.34 lakh used to be deposited in my financial savings checking account by way of the Mandi Samiti of which Rs 1 lakh used to be adjusted within the KCC account with out my approval.”
A number of different farmers sitting at the protest additionally spoke about their explicit instances and Mr Sharma has alleged that extra farmers are complaining about an identical ways being followed towards them.
