BJP to play up loan waiver, PM Kisan in last rounds of polling in UP

Eastern UP economy is predominantly agro-based with high concentration of small and marginal farmers

As the Lok Sabha elections 2019 enter the last 2 phases of polling in the predominantly agro-economy belt of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing to play up the flagship agriculture-oriented schemes of both the central and state governments to woo farmers.

The saffron party, which is locked in a bitter triangular fight with Congress and the formidable Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) alliance, is pulling all stops to convince farmers that it is committed to their cause.

UP agricultural minister and former UP BJP president Surya Pratap Shahi told Business Standard