BJP govt at Centre betrayed all section of society: Hry Cong chief

The Haryana Congress today lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre on its fourth anniversary, alleging that it has betrayed all sections of the society and the dispensation has proved to be "anti-farmer".

As part of the Congress' "Betrayal Day" to mark four years of the Modi government, workers of the party's Haryana unit held a demonstration here. Senior vice president of Haryana Congress Sneh Lata Ahalawat and the party's State Coordinator of IT cell Raghav Vij got their heads shaved in protest against the BJP dispensation at the Centre.

"During these four years, all sections of the society have been betrayed by the BJP government," Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar alleged.

 

Terming the Modi government "anti-farmer", he said, "The cost of input has increased but the return to farmers for their crops has decreased. As per RBI report the Rural Wage Growth which was 38 per cent in 2014, has come down to zero per cent in 2018. The slogan of doubling farmers' income by 2022 is merely a 'Jumla' (gimmickry)."

The BJP's promise of giving farmers cost plus fifty per cent for their agricultural produce also proved to be a "white lie", Tanwar alleged.

"The Fasal Bima Yojna benefited the insurance companies and not the farmers. The profit of insurance companies has risen to Rs 14,828 crore, whereas the compensation paid to the farmers has been merely Rs 5,650 crore," he claimed.

"The youth was promised by the prime minister that they will get two crore jobs every year, but only 4.16 lakh jobs were created in 2016-17 and the number of unemployed youth in February 2018 swelled to 3.10 crore," Tanwar said and alleged that the demonetization resulted in loss of 15 lakhs jobs.

The Haryana Congress chief said all sections of the society are suffering due to rise in petrol and diesel prices which have "crossed all reasonable limits".

"The price of petrol was Rs 76.61 a litre in 2014 when the crude price was USD 107.09 per barrel and now when the crude price is USD 76.43 per barrel, the petrol price has jumped beyond Rs 80 per litre," he said.