Achi news desk-
People in power do not care about the country’s farmers, said NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday, 23 March claiming that the Center has failed to keep its promise of doubling their income by 2024.
The veteran politician was addressing a farmers’ rally at Indapur in Maharashtra’s Pune district in the presence of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders like Sanjay Raut, Balasaheb Thorat and Supriya Sule.
MVA consists of Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray and is part of the opposition INDIA bloc.
“The situation is now different in the country. The upcoming (Lok Sabha) elections are very important. The prime minister had once assured that farmers’ income would be doubled by 2024, but that has not happened,” said Pawar.
Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, which elects 48 MPs, will be held in five phases between 19 April and 20 May.
The 83-year-old NCP leader said the country’s farmers had demanded relief over onions. “But those in power are not worried about the farmers,” he said at the rally in Indapur, which is part of the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency.
Pawar’s daughter and three-term MP Supriya Sule will contest from Baramati.
Former Union agriculture minister said Sena leader (UBT) Raut has been put behind bars after he spoke against the government, referring to the arrest of a Rajya Sabha MP by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged case of money laundering in 2022.
