Senior AAP leader and national spokesperson Raghav Chadha on Thursday said the BJP at the Centre has not purchased the crop produce at 'Minimum Support Price' (MSP) from the farmers of Delhi in the last five years due to which farmers in the national capital have to sell their produce to private players at prices lesser than MSP.
Chadha said the BJP has used 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' as only a political medium to gain votes but adopted the policy of 'Mar Jawaan Mar Kisaan' in reality.
"The BJP and central agencies have not purchased the crop produce of the farmers worth a single rupee despite it was one of its poll promises," he said. Raghav also said that the cabinet ministers and the officials and mandi presidents have written letters to the agricultural ministers in this regard but no action has been taken by the centre. " The Centre and PM Narendra Modi government has left the farmers of Delhi on the verge of death. From the past few weeks, farm bills are being discussed in the country that were passed in the parliament secretly by keeping constitutional values at stake and were implemented across the nation," he said.
Presenting supportive documents, he claimed that the BJP wanted to abolish MSP.
"The central government has not purchased even a single crop from the farmers of Delhi after 2015. The farmers of Delhi were left to get plundered by the private players.
"The MSP of one quintal of wheat this year is Rs 1925 but because the central government is not purchasing the wheat produce from the farmers at this MSP, the farmers have to sell their produce at Rs 1700, which means that the farmers are suffering a loss of Rs 225. As per their poll promises of every year, if the BJP wanted, they could have purchased the produce from the farmers at Rs. 1925, and our farmers were compelled to sell the produce to private players at Rs 1700, suffering a loss of around Rs 200," he added.
Chadha further said, "The MSP on mustard this year is Rs 4450 but because the centre is not purchasing mustard from the farmers at this rate, our farmers are forced to sell them to private players at Rs 3450 per quintal."
"The central government could have purchased Bajra at Rs 2150 but because it failed, the farmers are selling it at Rs 1350, which means a loss of Rs 800 per quintal for the farmers. The MSP on Jwar is Rs 2620 per quintal but because the centre did not keep its promise, the farmers are selling it to private players at Rs 1800, which means a loss of Rs 820 per quintal," he said.