Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party government over non implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yogjna Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this government has no intention of working for the welfare of people.
"This UP government is so engrossed in fighting among themselves that it has no time to implement Fasal Bima Yogjna. But I think the Samajwadi Party is not interested in carrying out development work in the state. Had it been the case, it would have implemented the Central schemes in the state,” he said while addressing Privartan rally in Kushinara on Sunday.
"My government is dedicated to the development of poor, farmers, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes along with other oppressed communities. It is unfortunate the previous governments in UP did nothing for the welfare of these people,” he said and added: "This SP Government did not clean silt of the canals with the result farmers are not getting water for the fields."
During his speech PM mainly focused on the agriculture sector emphasizing on how his government brought the soil health card for the farmers so that they can get high yield from their farms besides now the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yogjna will enable them to get compensation for their loss even if they could not sow due to natural disaster or any other reasons.
The PM said that his government introduced neem-coating of urea which has stopped its misuse while Ethanol from sugarcane has reduced India’s fuel imports by around 100 crore litres. We want our sugarcane farmers to prosper.
He also said that the cane farmers' dues were also paid directly to the farmers' bank accounts and the dues which was around Rs 22,000 crore in 2014 had come down to a negligible amount. He also lamented how this sugar bowl of eastern UP had been destroyed by the consecutive state governments.
"We are giving impetus to infrastructure in UP. Be it railways, fertilizer plants, we want Poorvanchal to prosper. Our government is dedicated to welfare of villages, farmers and the marginalised," he said, while adding that '' so many people have gathered today in large numbers in Kushinagar proves people's faith in us''.
The Parivartan rally was also addressed by Union MSME minister Kalraj Mishra, Gorakhpur BJP MP Yogi Adityanath and UP BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya.