PM Narendra Modi slams all opposition parties for showing sympathy towards farmers saying that all opposition parties are shedding crocodile tears.He addad saying why they did not complete irrigation projects across the nation during their tenure and neglected the irrigation development.
After inaugurating the Bansagar canal project and laying the foundation stone of the Mirzapur medical college,
Modi addressed a meeting and saidthat in the name of agriculture and farmers, the previous governments had been leaving projects incomplete or delayed them,theydid not have the time to think about an effective hike in minimum support prices (MSPs).
Not only Bansagar but also many stuck up, pending and derailed projects pertaining to farmers’ welfare are found in different states and because of these delays the people had suffered for decades he said.
He had dedicated several development projects and introduced new schemes in the past two days and projects worth Rs 4,000 crore, including Bansagar project, were inaugurated or their foundation stone laid.The day is not very far when farmers will get double their present income, he said.
He said the NDA government has been working to improve the lot of farmers and cited the recent hike in MSP for kharif crops and easy availability of fertilisers.He said that we visualises a new India that takes full care of the sick, the poor, the children, the youth and the farmers.