Priyanka attacks PM over non-waiver of farmers’ debt

New Delhi: The political battle in Uttar Pradesh is intensifying with parties targeting each other during public rallies.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at the Centre, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had Rs 8,000 crore to buy a private aircraft but the government does not have money to clear the dues of sugarcane farmers.

“It will take only Rs 4,000 crore to clear all dues of sugarcane farmers. PM Modi bought a private aircraft for Rs 8,000 crore last year during Covid-19. Centre is paying Rs 20,000 crore for the beautification of Parliament but does not have money to pay your dues,” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said at a rally in Moradabad.

Highlighting the farmers’ issue, the Congress leader alleged that the BJP government did not have respect for those farmers who died in agitation against farm laws. “PM Modi did not keep silence of two minutes for 700- odd farmers who died during the protests. He and UP CM Yogi Adityanath did not say a word about the Lakhimpur Kheri incident,” she said.

Taking a dig at Yogi Adityanath in reference to the UPTET paper leak case, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, “22 lakh young people worked hard but the paper got leaked and now the recruitment has been stuck. More than 10 lakh posts are lying vacant. Yogi ji says that there are jobs here but the qualifications are fewer among the youth.”

“There is politics based on communalism and casteism in UP. I say that till that time there is no talk of development, this kind of politics will continue. You will be trapped in the swamp of the mafia. -(PTI)