Modi govt making strong arrangements for farmers: Raj BJP chief

Jaipur, Dec 25 : Rajasthan BJP state President Satish Poonia on Friday interacted with the farmers in an open field during a ‘Kisaan Chaupal’ and said that for the first time Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accomplished the task of giving 1.5 times MSP to the farmers and made best arrangements for them for advanced farming, away from traditional farming techniques.
“The budget of agriculture in this country during the Congress regime in 2013-14 was Rs 21,000 crore. Today it has gobe up to Rs 1.34 lakh crore. The increased budget aims to make the farmers of India prosperous through innovation,” he said.
On this occasion, Poonia had the opportunity to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s live virtual televised dialogue with the farmers in the fields.
Poonia also paid floral tribute to former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the occasion of the latter’s 96th birth anniversary.
Poonia said that the farmers in Maheshwas village in his Amer Assembly constituency strongly supported the newly enacted farm laws.
“If they (Congress) have so much sympathy for the farmers, why did they not implement all the schemes that Atal ji implemented or which are now being implemented by Prime Minister Modi,” he asked.