Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Bhupendra Yadav parried the questions related to budget of the programme in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi would address a convention of farmers in rural area of Sehore district.
He also failed to reply the query whether the programme is being organised by the BJP party organisation or the State Government. later, State BJP president Nandkumar Singh Chouhan told mediapersons that the ground arrangements are being managed by the State Government, while party would look after the over all arrangements to collect farmers from different parts of the State.
While addressing media persons at Sherpur village, National vice president and Madhya Pradesh in-charge Vinay Sahasrabuddhe informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would address a farmer’s convention at Sherpur in Sehore district on February 18.
Sahasrabuddhe and Yadav said, “For the first time in the independent India a well planned and effective crop insurance scheme has been formulated by the BJP Government of the centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Demand to prepare and implement proper schemes in the agriculture field for farming and security and respect of farmers has been raised since long post independence. The Congress has been continuously ignoring the issue.”
Sahasrabuddhe and Yadav further said to aware the farmers with this scheme BJP is going to organise a massive farmer’s convention.
Plight of the farmers during long period of Congress rule in the country could be gauged from the fact that the contribution of agriculture in the Gross Domestic Product was 51 per cent at the time of independence that has fallen to just 17 per cent in current time, whereas 68 per cent of the total workforce of the country still works in the agriculture field, they added.
The leader’s duo said that the aim of PM Crop Insurance Scheme is to stop exodus of the farmers from farming by removing the prevailing conditions of uncertainty, imbalance and insecurity. The PM Crop Insurance Scheme would ensure the path of prosperity of the country. This insurance scheme provides cover for uncertain monsoon and hailstorms. This scheme would be implemented for the first time in the country as the field based crop insurance at the place of revenue area that is a revolutionary step, they said.