Samajwadi Party leader AkhileshYadav Yadav on Tuesday attacked the Government saying the Minimum Support Price (MSP) was not available even in the districts in Uttar Pradesh from where President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister come from and that it was “unrolling red carpet for the corporates”.
Participating in the discussion on the vote of thanks on President’s address, the former Chief Minister wondered as why Government do not take back laws if those for whom there are meant for opposing them.
He said though the Government is insisting that MSP would always be there, the farmers in the districts of President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister have not received MSP price for their produce .
Yadav said his Government constructed several ‘Mandis’ for farmers and even gave 500 acre to Guru Ram Dev for establishing a ‘Mandi’. By now, he said kisan ‘mandis’ are not being established in the state.
He alleged that Government has unrolled “red carpet” for corporates while neglecting farmers.
Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for describing agitators as “andolanjivi”, the former UP Chief Minister asked the ruling party members”Are you not Chandajivi ?”.
His apparent reference to collection for Ram temple was objected to by BJP MP and Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti who said “people not only in India but world over are donating with devotion..”.
Earlier, addressing the house, former J & K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah also asked government to talk to farmers and carry everyone together so that country remains united.
The National Conference president alleged that though local district elections in Kashmir were successful now an attempt is being made to buy elected representatives in district bodies with money bags”.
In an emotional speech, Abdullah who was in the preventive detention following the abrogation of article 370, said “we have to take all together... I am a Hindustani Muslim,..Allah and Bhagwan is same, Ram is for everyone, Quran is for all, Bible is for all..take everyone together”, he said.
BJP woman MP fromn Haryana, who spoke after him , however, said that Abdullah had said altogether different things when government had announced annulment of article 370 on August 6, 2019.