UP govt not doing enough for affected farmers: BJP

BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said there is no shortage of funds, but the state is not granting the farmers any relief.

The BJP on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of doing politics on the issue of relief to farmers who have faced losses due to crop damage in the unseasonal rain.

“The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh led by Akhilesh Yadav is doing politics instead of providing relief to farmers whose crops have been damaged due to the unseasonal rain,” said BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma.

He said there is no shortage of funds, but the state is not granting the farmers any relief. Sharma alleged that the state officials have not even visited the farmers in the rain-hit areas, including most affected Agra and Mathura, due to which they are in distress.

“The state government should utilise the funds given to it by the Centre in granting relief to affected farmers and send its assessment report of the losses soon,” he said.

The central government, Sharma said, has already provided more funds to the states after implementing the 14th Finance Commission report, raising their funds from 32 per cent to 42 per cent.

“States have been provided with more funds unlike the previous Congress government which never bothered about states,” Sharma said.

Source:: Indian Express