The Congress's Rajasthan unit chief Sachin Pilot today alleged that the state government and the Centre have failed to provide adequate compensation to farmers for damaged crops which has caused resentment among them.
The opposition party leader also sought a clarification from chief minister Vasundhara Raje over what he described as "discrimination" by the central government despite the BJP being in power both at the Centre and in Rajasthan.
Pilot said this while addressing public meetings in Mandalgarh assembly constituency of Bhilwara district, which along with Ajmer and Alwar Lok Sabha constituencies, is going to bypoll on January 29.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced relief packages for Gujarat and other flood-hit states but Rajasthan was ignored.
"Rajasthan has faced drought, hailstorm and excess rains which damaged crops but the government failed to provide adequate compensations to affected farmers," he said.
"More than 1,500 villages were affected due to floods last year but no relief has been provided to affected people so far," he alleged.
"There is resentment among farmers because they have been ignored by the government," Pilot said, claiming "the BJP government has no interest in resolving problems of people therefore public at large is suffering."
Addressing the public meetings in Mandalgarh, the Congress president sough votes for the party candidate Vivek Dhakad.
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