Accusing Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi of telling “lies” , the BJP Friday asserted that prices of eatables were under check and that farmers are being given adequate protection by the Modi-Government.
Reacting to Rahul after he attacked the Government over the issues of price rise and the plight of farmers, the BJP said the prices of eatables like pulses quoted by Gandhi were wrong and alleged that he was acting out of frustration due to “backlash” over his support to “anti-nationals” in the JNU row and the National Herald case.
“Congress Governments exploited farmers for votes and did nothing for them. As a consequence, they became poorer with time. The Modi-Government has worked to provide them complete protection with its crop insurance scheme and other benefits,” the party's national secretary Shrikant Sharma said.
For the first time since independence such a comprehensive cover has been given to farmers, he said.
“Now any farmer can buy the crop insurance scheme by paying only 1.5-2 per cent of insured amount as premium instead of earlier 14-15 per cent. The Government also relaxed the criteria for receiving the damage for any crop less,” he said.
Interacting with farmers at Amethi, Rahul had attacked the Government over rising pulse prices and accused it of not doing anything for farmers, asserting that he will raise their issues in Parliament.
Sharma said, "He is out on bail in the Rs 5000 crore National Herald case. There is also a backlash over his support to anti-nationals in the JNU case. He is frustrated and due to this speaking lies.”
There was a big difference between the actual prices of commodities and what were quoted by Rahul, he said.