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J&K heading towards a new dawn: Tomar

Bhopal: Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with the leaders of Jammu and Kashmir was highly commendable. He said there is complete peace in the state after abrogation of Article 370. "The Prime Minister's meeting held yesterday with J&K leaders has been very commendable. All the leaders present have taken the meeting positively with great hope. With the initiatives and vision of Prime Minister, Jammu and Kashmir will soon emerge as destination of peace and prosperity, instead of terrorism," said Tomar while talking to reporters at the state BJP office here. The BJP minister who arrived in the morning to attend party's ‘Chintan Baithak' and SCs-STs meeting said Jammu and Kashmir is moving towards a new tomorrow. “There is an atmosphere of harmony. The elections from panchayats to zilla panchayats have been completed in a good atmosphere. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has sanctioned a huge amount for the development of panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir. I believe that the state is now moving towards a new tomorrow. In the field of agriculture and marketing of agriproducts, the Government of India is working at a great pace," said Tomar. On the ongoing farmers’ agitation to repeal new farm laws, the Union minister said farmers interest have been protected and be rest assured that there could be no harm to farmers during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last seven years agriculture and farming sector have been given all facilities whether the Prime Minister crop insurance or infrastructure fund of ₹one lakh crore or provision for food processing," he said. "The farmers have produced bumper crops and the government is making all efforts to buy it and is also increasing the procurement price every year. The MSP (minimum support price) has been increased one and a half times so the farmers have no problems. Farmers across the country have stood with the (farm) bills. There are some unions who have objections," Tomar further said. The BJP leader also hit out at the Congress for raising doubts over the vaccination drive. "Congress from top to bottom (leadership) only raise questions. When Congress was in power, it could not solve nation’s problems. We all should be proud of the fact that Corona began in February 2020 and in April the Prime Minister formed a task force to prepare vaccines. In nine months in December 2020 the vaccine was ready and from January 21, the Prime Minister launched first vaccine and started vaccination with our medical and paramedical staff," Tomar recalled.

The Times of India

2021-06-26

Bhopal