Farmers Movement Archive

BJP launches 11-day drive to promote farm bills in state

Jaipur: State BJP president Satish Poonia has asked the Congress to list out measures taken by them for the benefit of farmers since Independence. While launching an 11-day campaign on farm bills on Wednesday, Poonia said that the bills will bring a transformational change in the life of farmers. In the next 11 days, the party will run mass awareness campaign at all booth level, he said. He said that it is unfortunate that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has directed Congress-ruled states to look for a legal way to oppose the farm bills. “It appears that Congress doesn’t want to see the financial empowerment of farmers. It also shows that they have no regard for the cooperative federalism,” said Poonia. He said that BJP is committed to responding to the lies being spread by the Congress. “Our campaign will run across the state and it will reach out to each and every farmer in the state explaining them about the benefits of the new farm bills,” said Poonia, while addressing his party workers virtually. He told that Congress is spreading the lies that Minimum Support Price (MSP) will be out of the system. “I would like to tell them that selling through MSP has already started and in the last 48 hours alone sell of Rs 10.53 crore has been made. PM Narendra Modi has repeatedly assured the farmers that MSP will never go from the system,” said Poonia. He said that the farm bill is paid the way for the farmers to double their income in the coming years. “It will allow them to sell it where they will get a good price,” said Poonia. He said that during former PM Manmohan Singh, the agriculture budget was Rs 12,000 crore, which has gone up to Rs 34,000 during the Modi regime. “The total loan to farmers was Rs 8,000 crore, which has doubled in the Modi government and touched Rs 15,000. It shows who is serious for the farmers and who is working for them,” said Poonia.

The Times of India

2020-10-01

Jaipur