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People jealous of development are against the new farm laws: Yogi Adityanath

BAREILLY: Taking a swipe at the opposition parties, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath while addressing a 'Kisan Sammelan' in Bareilly on Thursday said that those people who are jealous of the country's development are actually against the new farm laws. The opposition parties are not happy that farmers are happy and so they are trying to mislead them, the CM said in front of a large crowd of mainly farmers. "BJP has already waived loans of Rs 36,000 crore for 86 lakh farmers. We have always ensured that farmers benefit the most and set up procurement centres at different locations in every district. We have procured 36 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from the farmers and our public representatives played a significant role in ensuring that the middlemen were removed. Farmers got the benefits directly into their accounts," the CM added. "We have ensured a timely payment of cane dues of the farmers who earlier had six years of backlog.” The government is also bringing a new policy on biofuels in the interest of farmers, he said. "We are connecting the mandis with technology." The CM further claimed that the opposition parties were not happy with the majestic Ram Mandir being built in Ayodhya. "They had earlier confused the voters and never tried to resolve this issue." Attacking the opposition again on farmers, the CM said, "Now, when PM Modiji is trying to develop a food supply chain through the new farm laws to double the income of farmers by 2022, the opposition is trying to misguide them. This is the same opposition who used to rob 90% of the benefits given to the public. We have eradicated the middlemen culture." The new laws will ensure that farmers will get a better price for their produce as private players will increase the competition by purchasing crops from them, the CM assured at the farmers' gathering. "Also, no one will be allowed to grab the farmer's land." CM Yogi then went on to inaugurate 111 projects worth over Rs 970 crore at a stone laying ceremony in Bareilly. Union minister of state for labour and employment [independent charge] Santosh Gangwar, UP finance minister Suresh Khanna and other leaders also attended the 'sammelan'.

The Times of India

2020-12-18

Bareilly