'Farmers protesting in chilly weather, Modi giving clarifications on TV'

The Congress on Friday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he is busy in giving clarifications on television on the three farm laws against which thousands of farmers are protesting for the last one month on the borders of the national capital braving chilly winter conditionsIn a statement Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said In this bone chilling and spirit shattering cold farmers have been pleading for justice at the doors of Delhi for the past 30 daysSurjewala said that 44 farmers have died while fighting this ordeal but the Modi government is busy in the servility of a handful of crony capitalists and has shown no empathyThe Congress leader said that Prime Minister Modi and the BJP government are working on the policy of making the protesting farmers exhaustibly tired so they are forced to fleeThe Prime Minister is giving clarifications on television and his ministers are offering excuses through letters but the fact remains that he is busy in the servility of a handful of crony capitalists he allegedSurjewala further stated that the government has become the enemy of the farmersThe bitter truth is that it is taking shelter behind political dishonesty slyness and dramatics and is not at all interested in solving the problems of the farmers The Prime Minister who dug roads attacked the farmers with water cannons and lathi charged them is today indulging in the drama of Samman Nidhi he saidTearing into the Prime Ministers claim during the Kisan Samman programme Surjewala said that as per the 201516 agriculture census a total of 1464 crore farmers in the country undertook cultivation in 1578 crore hectares of landThe Modi government launched the Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna in December 2018 in which it was stated that Rs 6000 will be deposited into the bank accounts of all the farmers of the country in three instalments Under this scheme in the year 201819 instead of Rs 88000 crore only Rs 6005 crore was deposited he saidHe also said that before last years Lok Sabha elections Rs 49196 crore was deposited and in the year 202021 Rs 38872 crore has been deposited till date whereas this amount should have been Rs 88000 croreSurjerwala said By transferring Rs 18000 crore today the Prime Minister is again unsuccessfully trying to clean the stains of these three black lawsFiring salvos at the government the Congress leader said Why the benefits of the Kisan Samman Nidhi are being denied to 540 crore farmers Why these farmers have been kept out of the ambit of this scheme Why out of 1464 crore farmers only 924 crore farmers are covered under this schemeModi Ji it is a matter of deep anguish that the farmers whom you are treating with cruelty and apathy are the same people who brought you to this throne and this position of gloryToday the BJP is branding these farmer brothers as terrorists parasite tukdetukde gang misguided gang and Khalistanis It is shameful that the Minister of Agriculture has gone to the extent of calling them political puppets in his letters Surjewala said as he asked the government to repeal the farm laws and apologise to the farmersKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever