AAP leader accuses Centre of ‘U-turn’ on profit promised to farmers
Thursday, 20/10/2016
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Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday accused the BJP-led Central government of taking a “U-turn” on its pre-poll promise to the farmers of ensuring a 50-per cent profit over the input costs for them.
AAP Punjab convenor Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi said, “It was indeed very disappointing to know that Union Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh has completely ruled out implementing one of the major recommendations of the M S Swaminathan Commission, a 50-per cent profit over the input cost for the farmers.”
He said before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in many of his public speeches, had promised to double the farmers’ income. “This is nothing but sheer cheating and betrayal by the BJP with the voters,” the AAP leader alleged.
On Tuesday, replying to a reporter’s question that why the Centre had not implemented the recommendation of the commission, despite the BJP promising the same before the 2014 polls, Singh had said the government was “committed to increasing the income of the farmers”.
“We had talked about increasing the farmers’ income in our poll manifesto and we are committed to increasing it by one-and-a-half times. We have formed a committee in this regard which will come out with its report in December. But, we are already taking steps which are in the interests of the farmers,” the Agriculture Minister had said.
