PTI

Lucknow, May 29

Paying tributes to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on his thirty fifth loss of life anniversary right here, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday stated that the good farmer chief all the time labored for the event of villages and strengthening the agricultural financial system.

Adityanath stated the previous PM, who was additionally the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, was of the clear view that the trail of the event of the nation goes via the by-lanes of the villages and farms.

As quickly because the BJP got here to energy in Uttar Pradesh in 2017, it waived the crop loans of the farmers, he stated.

The chief minister additionally stated that there was an enormous transformation within the lives of the sugarcane farmers within the final 5 years because of the work carried out by the “double-engine government”.

Even throughout the COVID-19 waves in UP, 119 sugar mills operated within the state, he stated, claiming that the state authorities has to this point given Rs 1.73 lakh crore to the sugarcane farmers.

Ramala Sugar Mill in Chhaprauli, the work place of Chaudhary Charan Singh, is being operated after re-establishment, Adityanath advised reporters.

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav additionally paid floral tributes to the previous prime minister.

He stated that the SP will observe the trail proven by him and can carry justice to the farmers.

“The BJP has shattered the dreams of farmers. It did not fulfill even a single promise made to them. The farmers will be ruined by the path on which the ruling party wants to take the country,” Yadav stated in a press release issued right here.

He additionally referred to the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, the place eight folks, together with 4 farmers, died throughout a protest on October 3, 2021.

Many farmers, affected by debt and inflation, dedicated suicide, he stated, and claimed that the farmers didn’t even get the minimal assist value for his or her crops.