PNS|Hyderabad
Finance Minister Harish Rao questioned the claims by BJP State President Bandi Sanjay over the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and said it is not being implemented in Gujarat.
He said, “Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao cares for farmers as he announced compensation of 10,000 per acre.” Harish said, “Bandi Sanjay is asking to implement crop insurance in Telangana. Can you tell why Prime Minister Modi’s home state Gujarat is not implementing it first? BJP Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in Parliament that 10 states and five Union Territories are against Fasal Bima crop insurance. Doesn’t this mean that the scheme is not of much use to the farmers?”
“To stand by the farmers who have lost crops due to untimely rains, CM KCR has given Rs 10,000 per acre amounting to Rs 228 crore and proved once again that he is a farmer’s child. It is unfortunate that this appears to be of little help to the BJP leaders. Can you prove that anywhere else in the country it has helped more than this?” Harish asked.
“Modi said he would double the income of farmers, but today he doubled Adani’s income. You have a history of incessantly harassing the farmers, bringing black laws and sacrificing the farmers. We are credited with making agriculture a festival and making the farmer a king,” he said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, BJP responded by saying Gujarat is implementing crop insurance scheme – Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana similar to Fasal Bima Yojana.
