The State BJP will strongly oppose the State Government alleged attempt to close down the Mukhyamantri Krishi Aashirwad Yojana (MMKAY). State BJP spokesperson, Pratul Shahdeo said, “The State Government is shutting down various welfare schemes initiated by previous government to hide its failures.” He said the JMM Congress Government came to power by promising 150 per cent profit on the cost price of the produce and loan waiver of farmers, but we have reports that State Government is planning to close down Krishi Ashirvad Yojana, a welfare scheme that would make farmers debt-free and self-reliant.
It seems that by closing such welfare schemes Government has made up its mind to sacrifice the farmers. He further said that 35 lakh farmers were getting direct benefit from Krishi Aashirwad Yojana and they were becoming self-reliant instead of debtors. The BJP government aimed to make them fully self-reliant in the next five years through this scheme. The closure of this scheme will force the farmers to once again fall under the grip of the Mahajans, if something like this happens in the future, the BJP will take the road for the rights of the farmers.
Talking to journalists, Shahdeo said that while the Raghubar government had spent most of the budget on public welfare schemes, on the other hand Hemant Soren continued to appear in Delhi Durbar during the most important months of revenue collection, so that the revenue collection target has lagged behind.
He said that the Hemant Government, which came to power by making big promises and announcements, is now ready to make excuses and the Hemant government does not have the ability to make its promise reality and misleading the people that treasury is empty.
Addressing the press persons, Shahdeo said that Hemant government is canceling the tenders of the previous government and is examining the tenders held in the last five years. The BJP has no objection to this inquiry as the BJP has zero tolerance on corruption. But the Hemant government should also add its last 14 months tenure to this investigation to prove its earlier tenure fair.
Expressing concern over the huge increase in Naxalite attacks, Shahdeo said that the state is again in the grip of extremism once the Hemant government is formed. In the last one and a half months, there have been dozens of Naxalite incidents in the state. Media in-charge Shivpujan Pathak was also present on the occasion.