INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala today said Haryana government should immediately start paddy procurement process as the crop has already reached the grain markets and the farmers are forced to sell it at lower rates.
"The government is saying that it will procure paddy from October 1, but it has already reached the markets. The farmers are forced to sell it at lower rates," he said.
Chautala also alleged that the government is not procuring bajra as a result of which the farmers are forced to sell it at below the MSP of Rs 400 per quintal.
Speaking to mediapersons here, the INLD leader said he has already written a letter in this regard to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and urged the government to procure bajra and immediately start paddy procurement.
Haryana's Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Karan Dev Kamboj today said the government would start paddy procurement from October 1.
Accusing the ruling BJP of failing at various fronts, he alleged, "The party had made tall promises to the farmers and other sections before being voted to power back but once it formed government, it went back on its promises."
"Now, even BJP's own leaders have started raising doubts about the 'Achhe Din' they had themselves promised to the people," the INLD leader alleged.
Chautala, meanwhile, said INLD will organise a big rally in Karnal on September 25 on the occasion of the 103th birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal. This year, the "Sadbhavna Samman Divas" rally would be dedicated to B R Ambedkar.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, JDU leader K C Tyagi, SP leader Shivpal Yadav are among those who would attend it.
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