Farmers Movement Archive

RJD, Congress to face farmers’ wrath in assembly polls: Sushil Kumar Modi

PATNA: Deputy chief minister (CM) and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi (SuMo) on Monday said the RJD and the Congress would have to face the wrath of the farmers of Bihar in the upcoming assembly polls. Describing the opposition parties as anti-farmer, SuMo said they opposed the farm Bills in the Parliament, which showed that they wanted to continue exploiting the farmers, who were not getting the real price of their agriculture produce. “I want to know from the opposition, especially the RJD, if they intend to continue the exploitation of farmers by opposing the two farm Bills passed by the Parliament,” the BJP leader told mediapersons on the sidelines of protests by opposition parties in the state. He added, “The opposition leaders are trying to create confusion among the farmers by spreading rumours that the farm Bills are not in their favour. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly said that the Bills are aimed at improving the economic condition of farmers.” The BJP leader also pointed out that Bihar had repealed the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee Act in 2006 to get rid of the exploitation of farmers. “The RJD wants to restore the system that came to an end in the state about 14 years ago,” he revealed. Expressing concern over the unsavoury behaviour of the leaders of opposition, including the RJD and the Congress, in the Upper House, SuMo said, “Harivansh ji is not only a noted journalist of Bihar, but also of the country. People will certainly teach the RJD a lesson in the coming elections.” SuMo also raised the issue of late Sushant Singh Rajput and Raghuvansh Prasad Singh to expose the “double standards” of the RJD. He said, “While the RJD and the Congress in Bihar demanded a CBI investigation into SSR’s death, the leaders of the UPA, which the two are part of, opposed the same in Maharashtra.” He added, “Similarly, former Union minister Raghuvan Prasad Singh was given a raw deal by the RJD leaders at the fag end of his life. The family members of the veteran parliamentarian were so unhappy that they did not allow Raghuvansh’s body to be kept at the RJD office after being brought to the Patna airport from New Delhi for his last rites.”

The Times of India

2020-09-22