Farmers Movement Archive

Compensate all farmers for losses in a week: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: Stepping up its farmer outreach ahead of the UP polls, the BJP on Monday said that it will duly compensate all farmers whose crops are damaged due to rains. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath gave these directions after reviewing crop compensation assessment in a high-level meeting. According to a state government spokesperson, the Chief minister has asked officials to assess the damage caused to agricultural crops due to floods and excessive rains and also immediately compensate the farmers whose houses have been damaged. He stressed that the process should be completed in one week. Instructions should be given to official teams involved in the assessment process that not a single eligible farmer should be deprived of the compensation. “The government will compensate for the loss of all types of agricultural produce. The revenue and agriculture departments have been asked to complete the work on top priority in coordination with each other,” the CM said. Meanwhile, the BJP on Monday decided to organise `Kisan Chaupals' in all 56,000 gram panchayats between October 15 and 30. According to state BJP Kisan Morcha president Kameshwar Singh, the chaupals will be attended by party MPs, MLAs and Uttar Pradesh ministers who will apprise famers about various government schemes launched for their welfare. It has been decided that the Morcha will organise Kisan Chaupals in all 98 organisational districts on October 15. The exercise will subsequently be taken up in 403 assemblies of the state and at 27 thousand `Shakti Kendras' comprising five to six booths. The move gains significance for the BJP which finds itself in a dilemma following the arrest of Ashish, son of junior home minister Ajay Mishra, in connection with the Lakhimpur violence. Some senior BJP leaders, including party MP Varun Gandhi, had upped the ante over the incident. The BJP is also facing the heat in west UP as farmers are up in arms against the new farm laws.

The Times of India

2021-10-12

Lucknow