BJP’s ex-MLA from Banda joins SP fold
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BJP’s ex-MLA from Banda joins SP fold
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Lucknow: Former BJP MLA from Bebru assembly constituency in Banda, Shivshanker Singh Patel, joined the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav welcomed Shivshanker, his wife and former Banda district panchayat chairperson Krishna Patel and nephew Rajendra Singh, who is a block pramukh. Coming days before the elections for panchayat heads, the development is being seen as a factor that may help SP consolidate its position in Banda. Akhilesh said the policies of the BJP government had added to the woes of farmers as it aim at helping the corporates at the cost of the poor. “The farm laws that the government is forcing on the farmers is an example. In Fatehpur, wheat procurement centre at Asodhara Mandi (Haat branch) is lying locked since May 29. Farmers are waiting to get their wheat weighed. In Sambhal, procurements centres are not buying more than 50 quintals wheat from one farmer. In Agra, wheat procurement has stopped since April 4,” Akhilesh said, adding that it was being done to force the farmers to surrender to the new farm laws.
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The Times of India
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2021-06-10
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Lucknow