Congress is doing politics on the import duty of apples: Naresh Sharma

BJP farmer leader and State Co-convener of Cooperative Cell Naresh Sharma while giving a statement said that Congress is merely doing politics in the name of increasing the import duty of apples, which has nothing to do with the ground reality. The previous BJP state governments in the state have always taken care of the gardeners, which cannot be questioned. Today, farmers are being saved from losses through the commendable scheme of Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Kisan Samman Nidhi’ and ‘Crop Insurance Scheme’, and efforts are also being made to double the income of farmers. Targeting the Congress, he said that if apples are crying tears of misery in Himachal, then the reason for this is only and only Congress’s Kangra Lok Sabha candidate Anand Sharma, who had accepted the conditions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2011. The previous Jairam Thakur government had set up the largest processing plant in Himachal Pradesh at Parala at a cost of Rs 100 crore. In the government sector, till date, the biggest CA Stare APMC Shimla has been built in Himachal Pradesh at Parala at a cost of 60 crores, credit for which goes to the Jairam government, which will benefit the farmers and gardeners.

The BJP leader said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has always talked about the interests of farmers and during the previous Jairam Thakur government, apples were purchased under the DAP (Market Intervention Scheme) and given to the BHEL and Himfed, due to which the farmers got their full money on time. The previous Jairam government had done the work of creating markets in the state on a large scale. The Mandis of Rohru, Shilaru, Sainj, Parala, Kharapathar, Kullu and Bajaura were built during the BJP rule. To support those Mandis under the National Horticulture Scheme Mission, about Rs 10 crore was left for some reason. With that money, the Congress government made a plan to travel abroad, which was opposed by the BJP. After that, the program of this foreign trip was cancelled. The first food processing unit was set up in the state by the Shanta Kumar government, after which Dhumal ji worked to expand such plants. The previous Jairam government worked to run these plants fully. The pulp left after processing the apple was thrown into the drain. Efforts were also made to make it an organic fertilizer. He also worked on plans to make jam and jelly from the pulp. He said that the Congress has also abolished the subsidy on anti-hailgun and hailnet for orchardists. Whereas the BJP government in the Centre and the previous BJP government in the state have taken care of every interest of the orchardists, the Congress and its leaders are working to harm horticulture. The truthfulness of the Congress and its alliance leaders can be gauged from the fact that the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab did not give the minimum support price (MSP) promised in its manifesto and did not waive off the farmers’ debt in Rajasthan during its 5-year tenure.

But Congress is doing politics – Naresh Sharma

Minimum support price is just a lie of Congress and its alliance leaders

BJP farmer leader and State Co-convener of Cooperative Cell Naresh Sharma while giving a statement said that Congress is merely doing politics in the name of increasing import duty of apples, which has nothing to do with ground reality. The previous BJP governments in the state have always taken care of the gardeners, which cannot be questioned. Today, farmers are being saved from losses through the commendable scheme of Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Kisan Samman Nidhi’ and ‘Crop Insurance Scheme’, and efforts are also being made to double the income of farmers. Targeting Congress, he said that if apples are crying tears of misery in Himachal, then the reason for this is only and only Congress’s Kangra Lok Sabha candidate Anand Sharma, who had accepted the conditions of World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2011.

The BJP leader said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has always talked about the interests of farmers and during the previous Jairam Thakur government, apples were purchased under the DAP (Market Intervention Scheme) and given to the BHEL and Himfed, due to which the farmers got their full money on time. The previous Jairam government had done the work of creating markets in the state on a large scale. The Mandis of Rohru, Shilaru, Sainj, Parala, Kharapathar, Kullu and Bajaura were built during the BJP rule. To support those Mandis under the National Horticulture Scheme Mission, about Rs 10 crore was left for some reason. With that money, the Congress government made a plan to travel abroad, which was opposed by the BJP. After that, the program of this foreign trip was cancelled. The first food processing unit was set up in the state by the Shanta Kumar government, after which Dhumal ji worked to expand such plants. The previous Jairam government worked to run these plants fully. The pulp left after processing the apple was thrown into the drain. Efforts were also made to make it an organic fertilizer. He also worked on plans to make jam and jelly from the pulp. He said that the Congress has also abolished the subsidy on anti-hailgun and hailnet for orchardists. Whereas the BJP government in the Centre and the previous BJP government in the state have taken care of every interest of the orchardists, the Congress and its leaders are working to harm horticulture. The truthfulness of the Congress and its alliance leaders can be gauged from the fact that the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab did not give the minimum support price (MSP) promised in its manifesto and did not waive off the farmers’ debt in Rajasthan during its 5-year tenure.