Jaipur: State BJP president Satish Poonia has called the ‘kisan panchayat’ by Rahul Gandhi in Hanumangarh an attempt to deviate people’s attention from real issues in the state on Friday.
Poonia accused the ruling government of provoking the farmers in the state to create chaos at the Shahjanahpur border by calling their national leaders here.
“Rahul Gandhi’s family ruled for 50 years in the country. Had his forefathers did something for the farmers, the country wouldn’t have gone through the turmoil. He is looking for an opportunity to re-start his politics riding on the farmers’ issues,” said Poonia, who asked Gandhi to name laws made for farmers and which have had benefited them during their rule in the country.
He added that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first PM who had taken initiatives to help farmers. “PM Narendra Modi is following the initiatives taken by Vajpayeeji by introducing the world’s biggest direct cash transfer scheme for farmers PM Kisan Nidhi Yojana which is transforming the lives of the farmers,” said Poonia.
He reminded Gandhi of the poll promise made by him before the assembly elections of waiving of farmers’ loans. “Gandhi should first answer when his government in the state would waive of 69 lakh farmers’ loans. Many farmers have committed suicide under pressure from the local moneylenders,” said Poonia.