UTTAR PRADESH - Approaching a Decisive Juncture

Approaching a Decisive Juncture Amaresh Mishra The peculiar contours of the peasant question in UP have been brought to the fore by the police firing on agitating sugarcane farmers in Ramkola, Deoria district. The agitationists were small and middle peasants who were demanding the payment of dues owed to them by the local state-run, private and landlord dominated co-operative sugar units. These dues total more than Rs 350 crore.