Left’s stand on farm laws hypocritical, says BJP
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Left’s stand on farm laws hypocritical, says BJP
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NEW DELHI: On a day Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan expressed solidarity with protesting farmers, BJP questioned the Left parties' on the three farm laws and said their stand was hypocritical, claiming they “exploited” farmers while in power in Tripura, Kerala and West Bengal. “For 25 years, till 2018, there was a Left government in Tripura. I feel sad in saying that there was no MSP in the state for 25 years. Today, Left leaders are acting as well wishers of farmers, but all they did was exploit them,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said at a press conference on Wednesday. Patra said the first thing BJP did after coming to power in Tripura in 2018 was procurement of paddy. As much as 48,716 tonnes of paddy was procured from 27,735 farmers at a cost of Rs 86.65 crore, he said. Citing that agricultural growth rate was 6.4% when the Left was in power in Tripura in 2017-2018, the BJP leader said, “In two consecutive years, 2018-19 and 2020-2021, it rose to 13.5%.” On Kerala, Patra alleged that Left cadre ran mandis in the state where private entities bought and sold produce. In Bengal, he said the Left government had amended the APMC Act and then “misused" it.
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The Times of India
Date
2020-12-24
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India