The Congress in Bihar will win more than 50 Assembly seats and Tejashwi Yadav will be the Chief Minister and the new government will implement the Minimum Common Programme, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced on Sunday.
He was addressing the media during the launch of Congress campaign songs ‘Bole Bihar, Badle Sarkar’ at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna.
Attacking the Bihar government, Baghel said the Market Committees were dissolved but farmers were denied the benefit. The same was followed by the Centre. The government wants the farmers to work as labourers in their own fields by contract farming.
Small traders will be made agents as major corporates will procure the agro-produce.
He said at Nagpur, a godown of one lakh tonne capacity is ready where maximum produce will be kept. The stock limits of essential commodities are lifted through new law. This will affect the consumers.
The Central government should promise that agriculture produce will be procured at Minimum Support Price and violators will face legal action, the Congress leader said, adding this will lead to a withdrawal of the agitation by farmers.
Recalling the steps taken by the Congress government in Chhattisgarh, Baghel said the loan waiver decision was taken within an hour after the formation of the government.
Around 19 lakh farmers have been given Rs 10,000 crore agricultural loan were waived off, cow dung is being procured at Rs 2 per kg and other schemes too had put money in the pocket of the poor.
He added that with money to spend, the economy of Chhattisgarh is showing growth in different sectors despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Commenting on Bihar, Baghel said that in the last 15 years under Nitish Kumar, Bihar has slipped in employment, education, medical and other sectors.