Lucknow, Dec 23 (UNI): Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav has said that the plight of farmers in Uttar Pradesh has worsened under BJP rule.
He said that the promises of a “double engine government” remained hollow in UP. The government has never fulfilled the promises made to farmers, as a result, their plight is worsening day by day. The burden of inflation and debt are forcing them to commit suicide. This is the gift the BJP government has given farmers on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, Yadav said.
He said that in the name of providing relief to farmers, the BJP government was only adding to their problems.
“When farmers need fertilizer and seeds, they face a severe shortage under the BJP government. Farmers are desperately seeking urea and fertilizer. Their pleas are falling on deaf ears. Farmers waiting in line for hours in the winter to get urea are only met with disappointment,” he said.
Yadav said that the news coming from Uttar Pradesh shows painful scenes of gross neglect and ill-treatment of farmers by the BJP government.
“In Shikohabad, farmers who waited in line for hours had to return disappointed. In Balrampur, a fight broke out between a farmer and the secretary over urea. In Kaimganj, farmers were also left scrambling for fertilizer. The BJP government made no preparations for fertilizers,” he alleged.
Yadav said that paddy procurement is not even taking place in the state and farmers’ crops are not being purchased at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). Middlemen are looting farmers by purchasing their crops at throwaway prices. Instead of helping farmers, those in charge at procurement centres are sending them to middlemen. Numerous deficiencies are reported in crop procurement in different parts of the state, he added.
He said that the BJP government is manipulating procurement data. Its intention is not to help farmers.
Yadav stated that the BJP government’s policies are driving inflation higher. Farmers are no longer even receiving input costs. Electricity is expensive. Pesticides and seeds are unavailable. Law and order is in shambles. The public’s patience is now weaning off. Farmers are eagerly awaiting the 2027 assembly elections. They will only accept the BJP government’s removal from power, as only then will farmers and youth prosper, he stated.
