Modi Government Accused of False Promises to Farmers by Mallikarjun Kharge

The President of the Indian National Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge, has accused the Modi government of making false promises to farmers. Kharge claims that the government promised to fix the minimum support price at cost+50 per cent profit and doubling the income of farmers by 2022, but failed to deliver on both promises. Kharge also alleges that while the government created a charade of boosting the minimum support price on Kharif crops, it does not buy crops at MSP at all. In addition, Kharge claims that the agriculture budget was cut and that despite the promise of a 1 lakh crore farm Infrastructure Fund, only Rs 12,000 crore were allocated in three years. The veteran Congress leader called the nine years of the Modi-led government a curse for the 62 crore farmers of the country. Speaking to media persons in the national capital, Kharge also claimed that while PM Modi makes concessions for big industrialists, he mocks his party when it tries to do something for the benefit of the poor. He termed the alleged sale of national assets as destructive loot.