By abolishing MSP Cong had betrayed farmers, says BJP's Chugh

Charging the previous regime with adopting double standards on agrarian issues, the BJP today said the Congress-led UPA government's decision to do away with the concept of Minimum Support Price of crops was a "betrayal" to farmers.
BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh today alleged that playing into the hands of foreign companies, the Congress and the UPA government had sacrificed the interests of over 40 crore Indian farmers by committing to the World trade Organisation (WTO) that India would do away with the MSP.
"By doing so, the Congress cheated on the farmers of this developing country and surrendered their interests to please the developed nations," said Chugh.

Hitting out at the senior leadership of the Congress party, the BJP national secretary alleged that the previous government despite knowing the ill-effects of removing MSP continued with it.
"How could they do so, knowing that the food for the common man comes through public distribution system which solely depends upon the produce of the farmers?" he asked.
Chugh claimed that it was BJP leader and new Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who following the vision and determination of the Prime Minister got the decision reversed in the interest of nation and specifically in the interest of farmers.
Criticising Congress chief ministers for not attending the important meeting only on political considerations and ignoring the interests of farming community, Chugh said this was the first time when a Prime Minister had chosen to include all the CMs in the federal decision making process.

"It seems that the Congress has not been able to come out of the shock it suffered due to huge and humiliating defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last Lok Sabha elections. It is unfortunate that the Congress leaders want to punish the common man of the country who did not vote for them due to their corrupt practices and anti-people policies," he said.