Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slams opposition for being unaware about farmers’ problems

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday slammed the opposition saying that those who eat with silver spoons are unaware of the problems of poor, farmers, and the Dalits.

“How will you understand the farmers’ pain? Everyone in the country is aware of how you treated the backward communities. The mandate given by the people in 2014, 2017, 2019, and 2022 prove this,” he said while replying to a debate on farmers in the state assembly.

Around 33 members shared their views on issues such as floods and drought. “I have been listening to the Leader of Opposition for the last one hour. In a one-hour speech on flood and drought issues, he only mentioned Gorakhpur’s water logging and nothing else,” the Chief Minister said.

Dushant Kumar aptly said, “tumrahe paer ke neeche koi zameen nahi hai aur kamal ye hai ki fir bhi tumhein yakeen nahi hai,” he said. The Chief Minister said that former prime minister late Chaudhary Charan Singh believed that the country’s path to development is through the streets of the villages.

“If Samajwadi Party had even considered Chaudhary Charan Singh’s words during its tenure, it is likely that Uttar Pradesh would not have witnessed such a high incidence of farmer suicides,” the Chief Minister said.

Taking a dig at SP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav, the Chief Minister said: “History has shown that when the struggle for power in the family intensifies, some things will come to the fore. We sympathise with Shivpal ji. Injustice has been done to you. These people will not even do you justice.”

“Except for the initial rains this year, the rains cannot be described as favourable or good. We have already developed our strategy by holding a meeting. Many crops have been damaged as a result of flooding in the Himalayan rivers. Orders for its assessment have also been issued. Action is being taken in this regard.

“UP is in much better shape than the rest of the country. UP is the only region in the country and the world where 86 per cent of the land is irrigated by canals, government, and private tube wells. The normal percentage of agricultural sowing has reached 88 per cent. Paddy Nursery has also been entirely cultivated. There may have been a loss due to less rain, but the government’s action is moving forward on this,” the Chief Minister said. (IANS)

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