AICC media cell in-charge Randeep Surjewala here on Sunday alleged that five-year tenure was a curse for the farmers.
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for faulty agri policy, he said that the land acquisition Act was quashed with a conspiracy.
While talking to media persons, Surjewala said, “Forget about input cost plus 50 per cent return promised by the BJP ahead of 2014 polls, the farmers even did not get the Minimum Support Price for various crops in all these years.”
Quoting the figures issued by the Modi government, Surjewala claimed the agri growth rate was 4.25% from 2009 to 2014 during UPA rule which 2.5% between 2014 and 2018. “By their own admission, they would need another 20 years for doubling farmers’ income which they have promised by year 2022.”
He further alleged that the BJP government had on Jan 9, 2019 accepted that various crops including wheat and others sold much below the MPS in 2018.
The Congress media cell in charge also tried punching holes in Modi Government’s claims of offering crop insurance cover to farmers saying the peasants did not get any justified compensation against crop insurance while the insurance companies earned a profit of over 21,000 crore.
He also accused the Modi Government of importing foodgrains just before the farm produce hit markets so that prices crashed and the produce later was sold to consumers at dirt cheap prices while the farmers suffered heavy losses.
Quoting sources in oil companies, Surjewala claimed oil companies have been refrained from hiking fuel prices during elections and a price hike upto Rs ten has been ordered by the Modi govt which would come to force on May 23 when the polling gets over.