Modi government made false promises to farmers: Mallikarjun Kharge

Taking a jab at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the Modi government had made false promises to the farmers of the country.

The Congress National President on Thursday tweeted that the Modi government made two promises to the farmers of the country, which is fixing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at cost+50 per cent profit and doubling the income of the farmers of the country by 2022.

Kharge also tweeted that the PR-hungry Modi government, which created the charade of boosting the MSP on Kharif crops, does not buy crops at MSP at all. He also mentioned the cut that was made for agriculture in the budget this year. He said that despite promising one lakh crore for Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, only Rs 12,000 crore was allocated in three years.



In the same series of tweets, the Congress National President posted that nine years of the Modi-led government is a curse for the 62 crore farmers of the country. He also highlighted the issue of two crore farmers who had their names removed from the the Kisan Samman Nidhi.

Earlier, the Congress president had claimed that PM Modi makes concessions for big industrialists but mocks his party when it tries to do something for the benefit of the poor.

Speaking to media persons in Delhi, Kharge said, "PM Modi can provide concessions and give other benefits to big industrialists, but he has a lot of a problem whenever we promise to provide something for the benefit of the poor."

Kharge added that while PM Modi talks about devising policies and mobilising steps for the public good, he makes fun of the Congress whenever it tries to do the same.

"Whenever PM Modi talks about providing or introducing something in view of public interest, it isn't frowned upon, but whenever Congress mobilizes the resources to provide anything for the benefit of the poor, we are always mocked. The PM doesn't like it when the Congress speaks about the welfare of the society," Kharge said.

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government, which celebrated 9 years of power at the Centre, Kharge on Wednesday also claimed the "fire sale" of national assets and PSUs to the PM's "crony capitalist friends" was the "single biggest anti-national act." He also commented this celebration of being in power for nine years at Centre has led to issues such as inflation, spoilt budget and public loot" to the fore.

Terming the alleged sale of national assets as "destructive loot", the veteran Congress leader claimed that it has taken job opportunities away from the country's poor and people belonging to backward sections, especially SCs, STs, and OBCs.

He alleged further that during its 9 years in power at the Centre, the BJP has plundered public money AND brought all essential commodities under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), adding to the hardships of the common man and affecting the way of life.

The BJP, which recently lost the Karnataka Assembly polls to the Congress, launched a mass contact programme to mark 9 years at the helm at the Centre and raise general awareness of its public welfare schemes and key takeaways of governance with an eye on next year's Lok Sabha elections. BJP leaders, Union ministers and chief ministers of states ruled by the party have taken it upon themselves to highlight the welfarist policies and achievements of the Union government.