State BJP president Deepak Prakash on Tuesday said that the NDA Government in the centre headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to the welfare and well being of farmers. He said that the Modi Government in the last six years has taken several welfare measures for farmers, which no previous Government has done. But, at the same time the Government is committed to protecting the democratic rights of every citizen of the country, said the Rajya Sabha MP.
The BJP president at the same time welcomed the Supreme Court order on three farm laws saying that the party is also in opinion of upholding the Apex Court order.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the implementation of the three farm laws and has decided to set up a committee to facilitate talks between the Central government and farmer unions, in order to resolve the impasse. A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, said that it was concerned about solving the problem.
The apex court also issued notice to the farm leaders on Delhi Police plea to stop the tractor rally during the Republic Day parade. Farmer leaders welcomed the Supreme Court’s order to stay the implementation of three farm laws on Tuesday, but said they would not call off their protest until the legislations are repealed.
The BJP president said that the Central government from the first day has been saying that the issue can be resolved only by dialogue. The government wanted the farmers’ organization to discuss point-by-point on farm laws.
The government also urged the farmers’ organizations several times in the meeting that women and children should be kept away from movement due to Covid 19 pandemic. The Supreme Court has also appealed to farmers’ organizations today.
Prakash said that the government held nine rounds of talks with farmers’ organizations and in every meeting the government gave a message to resolve the issue.
Meanwhile, in other developments the State BJP today hit on the State government on poor implementation of schemes of minority welfare, social welfare, women and child development department.
Senior BJP leaders including MLAs Koche Munda and Manish Jaiswal said that the present government is in its honeymoon period and has no interest in people ‘s welfare. Jaiswal said, “New stories of corruption are being written in every department. During the Corona period, the welfare department needed to be most vigilant but due to the apathy of the government, no work was done through the welfare department.”