"This multi-pronged attack on the bread, butter and livelihood of India's farmer will not only lead to a drop in agricultural productivity for the first time after 10 years of Congress rule but has reaffirmed the universal slogan echoing in India's farm sector --'Kisan Virodhi - Narendra Modi'," AICC communication department in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a statement here.
He said that untimely rains, hailstorms and high velocity winds have destroyed over 170 lakh hectares of Rabi crops in 14 states causing damage of over Rs 40,000 crore.
"Coming as it does on the heels of the draconian Land Acquisition Ordinance yesterday, it reaffirms the inherently ingrained anti-farmer prejudice of Modi government," Surjewala said.
He said that equally shocking is the statement of Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh absolving the central government of responsibility to pay compensation by asking the states to first pay compensation to farmers from State Disaster Response Funds (SDRF) and then use 'Contingency Funds' at the state level.