‘Plight of farmers aggravated in BJP regime’: Akhilesh on Choudhury Charan Singh’s birth anniversary

Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav has said that the plight of farmers in Uttar Pradesh is worsening under BJP rule.

Paying tributes to late PM Choudhury Charan Singh on his birth anniversary, the Samajwadi Party chief said, “It’s said that there’s a double-engine government here, and there are tall claims of development, but in reality, everything seems hollow. 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.”

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Yadav lamented that in the name of providing relief to farmers, the BJP government has always exploited them. “When farmers need fertilizer and seeds, they face a severe shortage. They 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.

He further 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, the 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 fertilizer,” he alleged.

The SP chief said as paddy procurement is not taking place in the state farmers’ crops are not being purchased at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). Middlemen are looting them by purchasing their crops at throwaway prices. Instead of helping the farmers, those in charge at procurement centers are sending them to middlemen. Numerous deficiencies are reported in farmers’ crops, he added.

He said 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 wearing thin. Farmers are eagerly awaiting the 2027 assembly elections. They want the removal of the BJP government, only then will farmers and youth prosper.