The Opposition parties are up with criticisms on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for holding farmers’ convention in Madhya Pradesh. Congress State president Arun Yadav here on Thursday alleged that at Farmer’s Convention held at Sherpur, Sehore Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not mention the 29,000 farmers who committed suicide in last 12 years which is like showing insensitivity towards them.
He further alleged that the BJP Government is cheating farmers with its Crop insurance policy as it was originally UPA Government’s Insurance policy. Self praising Prime Minister and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan are actually playing with the feelings of the already poor farmers, he added.
He questioned that what the farmers would get after spending Rs 1,000 on this policy, it must be openly discussed.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) National Spokesperson and State Convener Alok Agrawal in a statement here on Thursday said that in the entire state farmers are worried and calling for help. They are at the verge of committing suicide. During these times to have a Farmers Convention is laughing on their faith, he added.
Agarwal said that in previous years due to extreme poverty and loss many farmers committed suicide. In MP alone every day four farmers commit suicide. Farmers are either not getting any compensation or very little compensation which drive them to take these extreme measures, he added. In these conditions the Farmer’s Convention at Sherpur is like celebrating the loss of the poor helpless farmers, said Agarwal.
In the Prime Minister’s programme there is a huge misuse of government’s machinery. Five thousand buses were acquired due to which the education of the children and the life of the common man were affected. The money spent on this programme is of the common man which is a big waste, said Agrawal. AAP demands that similar unwanted programme must be stopped and like the Delhi Government to cover the farmers’ loss 50,000 per hectare must be given to farmers. “Make a law and give them the fixed amount for their cultivated crop.”