Haryana CM Khattar lashes out at Amarinder Singh over farmers issues
Chandigarh Aug 31 PTI After accusing the Congress government in Punjab of fuelling farmers unrest in his state Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar listed several steps taken by the BJP ruled state for farmers and asked what Amarinder Singhs government has done done in comparisonWho is anti-farmer captamarinder ji Punjab or Haryana asked Khattar after highlighting in eight of his tweets various steps taken by his dispensation for farmers welfareDear captamarinder ji Haryana procures 10 crops at MSPpaddy wheat mustard bajra gram moong maize ground nut sun flower cotton and makes the MSP payment directly into the account of the farmer How many crops does Punjab buy from the farmer at MSP Khattarasked his Punjab counterpart in one of his tweets He also said that Haryana has been paying the highest MSP in the country for sugarcane to its farmers for the last seven yearsWhy has Punjab felt the need to match Haryana only after an agitation by farmers he asked referring to Singh approving a Rs 15 per quintal hike in the State Agreed Price SAP of all sugarcane varieties for the 2021-22 crushing season a week agoKhattar on Monday had accused the Congress government in Punjab of fuelling farmers unrest in his state prompting a sharp response from Singh The exchange had taken place two days after farmers protesting over agri laws enacted by the Centre clashed with the Haryana Police in KarnalSingh had hit back a little later accusing the BJP including the Haryana CM of taking refuge in shameful lies over the horrendous attacks on protesting farmersRepeal the farm laws instead of blaming Punjab for the mess your party has put the farming sector in Singh had said in a statementHours later Khattar in series of tweets while mentioning the welfare steps taken by his government for farmers also said that Haryana provides an incentive of Rs 7000 per acre to every farmer who wants to move away from paddy cultivationWhat is the incentive that Punjab provides to the farmer similarly he askedKhattar also said that Haryana pays interest at 12 per cent to the farmer in case payment is delayed beyond 72 hours from the approval and asked if Punjab pays interest on delayed payment Haryana pays an incentive of Rs 5000 per acre to the farmer who adopts direct seeding of rice technology said Khattar while asking Singh what incentive does Punjab giveHe also mentioned thatHaryana pays every farmer Rs 1000 per acre for stubble management and provides linkages for sale of paddy straw and sought to know from Singh what incentive does Punjab provide to farmersHe also said that Haryana has started micro-irrigation scheme to support farmers with 85 percent subsidy to manage precious water for irrigationWhat incentive does Punjab provide and is it even concerned about the rapidly depleting water table that it will finish the farmer he askedKhattar said that Haryana supports farmers growing horticultural produce by instituting the Bhawantar Bharpayee Yojana to insulate the farmer from price variations below costWhat incentive does Punjab provide to its horticulture farmers asked Khattar PTI SUN VSD DV
Chandigarh Aug 31 PTI After accusing the Congress government in Punjab of fuelling farmers unrest in his state Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar listed several steps taken by the BJP ruled state for farmers and asked what Amarinder Singhs government has done done in comparisonWho is anti-farmer captamarinder ji Punjab or Haryana asked Khattar after highlighting in eight of his tweets various steps taken by his dispensation for farmers welfareDear captamarinder ji Haryana procures 10 crops at MSPpaddy wheat mustard bajra gram moong maize ground nut sun flower cotton and makes the MSP payment directly into the account of the farmer How many crops does Punjab buy from the farmer at MSP Khattarasked his Punjab counterpart in one of his tweets He also said that Haryana has been paying the highest MSP in the country for sugarcane to its farmers for the last seven yearsWhy has Punjab felt the need to match Haryana only after an agitation by farmers he asked referring to Singh approving a Rs 15 per quintal hike in the State Agreed Price SAP of all sugarcane varieties for the 2021-22 crushing season a week agoKhattar on Monday had accused the Congress government in Punjab of fuelling farmers unrest in his state prompting a sharp response from Singh The exchange had taken place two days after farmers protesting over agri laws enacted by the Centre clashed with the Haryana Police in KarnalSingh had hit back a little later accusing the BJP including the Haryana CM of taking refuge in shameful lies over the horrendous attacks on protesting farmersRepeal the farm laws instead of blaming Punjab for the mess your party has put the farming sector in Singh had said in a statementHours later Khattar in series of tweets while mentioning the welfare steps taken by his government for farmers also said that Haryana provides an incentive of Rs 7000 per acre to every farmer who wants to move away from paddy cultivationWhat is the incentive that Punjab provides to the farmer similarly he askedKhattar also said that Haryana pays interest at 12 per cent to the farmer in case payment is delayed beyond 72 hours from the approval and asked if Punjab pays interest on delayed payment Haryana pays an incentive of Rs 5000 per acre to the farmer who adopts direct seeding of rice technology said Khattar while asking Singh what incentive does Punjab giveHe also mentioned thatHaryana pays every farmer Rs 1000 per acre for stubble management and provides linkages for sale of paddy straw and sought to know from Singh what incentive does Punjab provide to farmersHe also said that Haryana has started micro-irrigation scheme to support farmers with 85 percent subsidy to manage precious water for irrigationWhat incentive does Punjab provide and is it even concerned about the rapidly depleting water table that it will finish the farmer he askedKhattar said that Haryana supports farmers growing horticultural produce by instituting the Bhawantar Bharpayee Yojana to insulate the farmer from price variations below costWhat incentive does Punjab provide to its horticulture farmers asked Khattar PTI SUN VSD DV
