BJP to hold ‘kisan chaupal’ to create awareness on farm bills
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BJP to hold ‘kisan chaupal’ to create awareness on farm bills
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JAIPUR: BJP state president Satish Poonia on Thursday said the party will organise a ‘kisan chaupal’ across the state soon and five lakh leaflets will be distributed to farmers to make them aware of the agriculture bills. Poonia said the farm bills is the beginning of a new era towards agricultural reforms, which will prove to be revolutionary for farmers across the country. He said reforms would usher in financially strong and prosperous farmers. He said from the beginning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government had been taking many historic decisions for welfare of farmers, including PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, soil testing, neem coated urea, pension to farmers above 60 years of age and many other initiatives to make them prosperous. The BJP chief said farmers would be free from shackles and would be able to sell crop anywhere by the price fixed by them. Poonia said farmer could now fix the price of crops himself and sell it anywhere, anytime. He said the move would increase employment opportunities across the country.
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The Times of India
Date
2020-09-25
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Jaipur