On the 116th birth anniversary of Former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the statue of former PM at Patla town near Ghaziabad.
Addressing the gathering on Kisan Diwas, the CM said that he had waived off Rs 36,000 crore farmers’ loan after assuming power.
He also felicitated selected farmers for their achievements in agriculture production. He claimed that criminals have left the State after the BJP assumed power in UP.
He declared that no community is to be worried for their safety. His Government is fully responsible for their safety. The Chief Minister also inaugurated 20 projects amounting to Rs 310 crore for Ghaziabad.
Among them a Government degree college is being set up in Sara village for which Rs 176 crore has been granted. The Union Minister of State for HRD, Satyapal Singh who is the local MP from Baghpat requested CM to take strict actions against Modi sugar mill owner Umesh Kumar Modi for not paying farmers’ sugarcane dues of the previous year.
The farmers groups presented memorandum to the CM in which they requested him to mount a pressure on the Modi Sugar Mill to release the payment which is due for months.
The Yogi assured the farmers that he will look after their interests. The birth anniversary function of Chaudhary Charan Singh was marked as the Kisan Divas in Patla.
The Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Ghaziabad MP and Union Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh also attended the celebration of 116th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister and the farmer leader Chaudhary Charan Singh.