UP Govt Increasing Sugarcane MSP Ahead Of Polls Is Selfish Move: Mayawati
Yogi Adityanath called a hike of Rs 25 per quintal in the purchase prices of sugarcane in the state on Sunday
Mumbai: Lending support to a peaceful Bharat Bandh, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) President Mayawati alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government increased cane support prices ahead of the assembly elections for selfish motives. Also Read: Haven’t Sealed Anything, Just Want To Send A Message: Tikait On Bharat Bandh
In a tweet, Mayavati said, “The UP BJP government kept ignoring the farmers here for four and a half years and did not increase the support price of sugarcane, which I had pointed out during a conference of the enlightened classes in Lucknow on September 7. Now they have remembered sugarcane farmers just before elections which only shows their selfishness.” Also Read: Hike In Sugarcane Prices By UP Govt A Joke: Rakesh Tikait
“The entire farmer society is sad and troubled by the anti-farmer policies of the Centre and the UP government, but increasing the support price of sugarcane now to save face before the elections is not the right solution to the basic problem of farming. In such a situation, farmers are not going to fall for any of their designs,” she added.
Mayavati also criticised the cabinet expansion of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state in an effort to mobilise voters based on caste and warned the electorate against such designs. Also Read: Central Government Should Listen To Farmers’ Demand: Kejriwal Backs Bharat Bandh
“Those who have been made ministers by the BJP to mobilise voters on the basis of caste in Uttar Pradesh should have declined it because, by the time they are able to understand their respective ministries and want to do something, the model code of conduct would come into effect here,” BSP chief said.
Ahead of the Bharat Bandh, Yogi Adityanath called a hike of Rs 25 per quintal in the purchase prices of sugarcane in the state on Sunday
“The present BJP government has not taken any concrete steps for the development and uplift of their society, even most of the works started by the BSP government in their interests have also been stopped. It is advised to these classes to be alert of the BJP’s double standards,” she said in a related tweet.
The Adityanath on Sunday inducted seven ministers into his Council of Ministers, attempting to balance caste and regional aspirations.
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