AMRELI: The BJP has claimed the reservation call for by means of Patidars in Gujarat is no longer an issue and expressed confidence that the group will vote for it within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
A lot of Patidars within the state's Saurashtra area are engaged in agricultural activities, and the opposition Congress has accused the federal government of going again on its guarantees to farmers, specially the crop insurance scheme.
However, a pace-setter from the ruling BJP feels their Rs 6,000 annual income scheme for farmers will a "game changer" within the Lok Sabha polls.
Notably, the Patidar reservation agitation became a dominant narrative impacting the result of the 2017 state Assembly polls, specifically in Saurashtra which has a significant inhabitants of the group.
Out of 49 Assembly seats across seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Saurashtra, the Congress bagged 30, while the BJP could best win 18 and the NCP got one.
Firebrand chief Hardik Patel, who led the statewide agitation in 2015 hard reservation advantages for the Patidar group, recently joined the Congress and has been campaigning for the opposition birthday celebration within the Saurashtra area.
However, the ruling BJP, which gained 99 out of overall 182 Assembly seats within the 2017 Gujarat polls, has taken several steps to deal with the Patidar group's grievances, together with implementation of 10 in step with cent quota for general class poor.
The saffron birthday celebration, which gained all 26 Lok Sabha seats within the state in 2014, is seeking to retain them this time also because it believes the youth will improve it.
"During the last Assembly elections, we suffered because the youth were against us. Our seats in the Assembly decreased. Now the youth are with us, with Narendra Modi, they are supporting us on nationalism. We will not lose any Lok Sabha seat in the state," stated Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who is the BJP's Saurashtra zone in-charge.
Referring to the sooner Patidar quota agitation, he stated, "You can mislead a group for some time, however no longer for lengthy...the ( Patidar) protest was once politically motivated by means of the Congress to win elections."
However, Arjun Sosa, president of Congress' Amreli district unit, which is available in Saurashtra area, claimed farmers don't seem to be proud of the Modi government as "it did little to help them when they suffered from crop losses."
Cotton, groundnut and castor are the primary crops grown within the area, and deficient rainfall adversely affected the crop output this year.
Bharat Padsala, a farmer from Kerala village in Amreli, stated, "Nobody in our village has got crop insurance claim, despite paying the premium. The state government, however, paid up to Rs 11,600 as part of financial assistance to scarcity-hit areas."
The Congress has also attempted to play up the alleged Rs four,000 crore groundnut scam in Saurashtra by which the crop procured from farmers was once offered to millers and replaced with adulterated subject material or set on fireplace.
However, 4 of its MLAs in Saurashtra, all from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), recently joined the BJP.
Some of its district panchayat participants in Rajkot, Surendranagar and different districts within the area also converted to the BJP within the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.
To seek votes from farmers in Saurashtra, the BJP is banking on the Rs 6,000 annual income scheme for farmers, making crop insurance policy as voluntary, and efforts to fill dams within the area as part of the SAUNI Scheme (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana).
"The annual income scheme is a game changer, as farmers have already got Rs 2,000 in their accounts and will get another Rs 4,000. We have also decided to make the compulsory crop insurance scheme as voluntary, which farmers have accepted," Amreli BJP MP Dileep Sanghani stated.
"Also, as chairman of the National Federation of State Cooperative Banks, I have ensured that farmers are not asked to pay interest if they have failed to repay their loan by March 31. They can now repay their loans till June 30 without paying the interest," he stated
A lot of Patidars within the state's Saurashtra area are engaged in agricultural activities, and the opposition Congress has accused the federal government of going again on its guarantees to farmers, specially the crop insurance scheme.
However, a pace-setter from the ruling BJP feels their Rs 6,000 annual income scheme for farmers will a "game changer" within the Lok Sabha polls.
Notably, the Patidar reservation agitation became a dominant narrative impacting the result of the 2017 state Assembly polls, specifically in Saurashtra which has a significant inhabitants of the group.
Out of 49 Assembly seats across seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Saurashtra, the Congress bagged 30, while the BJP could best win 18 and the NCP got one.
Firebrand chief Hardik Patel, who led the statewide agitation in 2015 hard reservation advantages for the Patidar group, recently joined the Congress and has been campaigning for the opposition birthday celebration within the Saurashtra area.
However, the ruling BJP, which gained 99 out of overall 182 Assembly seats within the 2017 Gujarat polls, has taken several steps to deal with the Patidar group's grievances, together with implementation of 10 in step with cent quota for general class poor.
The saffron birthday celebration, which gained all 26 Lok Sabha seats within the state in 2014, is seeking to retain them this time also because it believes the youth will improve it.
"During the last Assembly elections, we suffered because the youth were against us. Our seats in the Assembly decreased. Now the youth are with us, with Narendra Modi, they are supporting us on nationalism. We will not lose any Lok Sabha seat in the state," stated Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who is the BJP's Saurashtra zone in-charge.
Referring to the sooner Patidar quota agitation, he stated, "You can mislead a group for some time, however no longer for lengthy...the ( Patidar) protest was once politically motivated by means of the Congress to win elections."
However, Arjun Sosa, president of Congress' Amreli district unit, which is available in Saurashtra area, claimed farmers don't seem to be proud of the Modi government as "it did little to help them when they suffered from crop losses."
Cotton, groundnut and castor are the primary crops grown within the area, and deficient rainfall adversely affected the crop output this year.
Bharat Padsala, a farmer from Kerala village in Amreli, stated, "Nobody in our village has got crop insurance claim, despite paying the premium. The state government, however, paid up to Rs 11,600 as part of financial assistance to scarcity-hit areas."
The Congress has also attempted to play up the alleged Rs four,000 crore groundnut scam in Saurashtra by which the crop procured from farmers was once offered to millers and replaced with adulterated subject material or set on fireplace.
However, 4 of its MLAs in Saurashtra, all from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), recently joined the BJP.
Some of its district panchayat participants in Rajkot, Surendranagar and different districts within the area also converted to the BJP within the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.
To seek votes from farmers in Saurashtra, the BJP is banking on the Rs 6,000 annual income scheme for farmers, making crop insurance policy as voluntary, and efforts to fill dams within the area as part of the SAUNI Scheme (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana).
"The annual income scheme is a game changer, as farmers have already got Rs 2,000 in their accounts and will get another Rs 4,000. We have also decided to make the compulsory crop insurance scheme as voluntary, which farmers have accepted," Amreli BJP MP Dileep Sanghani stated.
"Also, as chairman of the National Federation of State Cooperative Banks, I have ensured that farmers are not asked to pay interest if they have failed to repay their loan by March 31. They can now repay their loans till June 30 without paying the interest," he stated
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