The BJP on Wednesday dismissed Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala’s allegations that the Centre needs to finish the minimal help value (MSP) mechanism for farm produce as a “huge fats lie”.
Taking a swipe at Surjewala, BJP’s IT division head Amit Malviya mentioned after making certain the Congress’s “humiliating defeat” in Haryana, the Congress chief has “resurfaced and is making weird statements”.
Malviya posted on X, “His allegation that the Central Govt has minimize down the paddy procurement to half, in each Punjab and Haryana, is a BIG FAT LIE.”
Surjewala had alleged on Tuesday that the BJP-led authorities on the Centre needs to finish MSP by means of backdoor. He mentioned much less paddy procurement had taken place this 12 months as far as in comparison with the corresponding interval final 12 months in Punjab and Haryana.
“There are six components of the conspiracy. The principal a part of the conspiracy is to complete MSP by means of backdoor, in the end abolish the MSP, abolish the grain markets on the sample of Bihar, progressively abolish crop buy at MSP by chopping it down. Right now, they’ve minimize down the acquisition by half, then they are going to minimize down by extra. In subsequent 2-Four years, they are going to make MSP redundant, make registration for farmers on designated portal redundant,” he alleged.
Malviya mentioned the procurement was delayed because of rains however is in full swing and each states are properly on observe to attain the estimates of paddy procurement by stipulated dates, that are November 30 for Punjab and November 15 for Haryana.
“In Haryana, 45 LMT of Paddy has been procured until 29th Oct, 2024 which is 87 per cent of 52 LMT procured until 29th Oct, 2023. In Punjab, 67 LMT of paddy has been procured until 29th Oct, 2024 which is 80 per cent of the amount of 84 LMT procured final 12 months on the identical date,” he mentioned.
In comparison with the earlier 12 months, the procurement of paddy in Haryana and Punjab as on October 29 is comparable, in comparison with the pan-India procurement in share phrases, the BJP chief mentioned.
He added that the MSP of paddy has elevated from Rs 1,310 per unit in 2013-14 to Rs 2,300 per unit in 2023-24. Since 2018-19, MSP has been assured with a return of no less than 50 per cent over all-India weighted common price of manufacturing.
Malviya accused the Congress of “deceptive the farmers of Punjab and Haryana by spreading lies”.
However, he added, the Congress authorities in Karnataka is usurping farmers’ land and handing it over to the Waqf Board to appease their Muslim vote financial institution, rendering farmers landless.
“Folks of India are watching the Congress and can ship a crushing blow to it in Maharashtra and Jharkhand too,” Malviya mentioned.
