Lucknow: Rashtriya Lok Dal National President Jayant Chaudhary has said that he would raise the issues faced by Uttar Pradesh farmers in the Parliament. Choudhary has filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha polls with the backing of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. In a special conversation with ETV Bharat, Choudhary thanked his workers and also SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for his nomination saying he is looking forward to take up developmental issues of UP.
“The farmers' are the main issues. The government had said that farmers income would be doubled by 2022, which is already here but the income hasn't been doubled. They are not getting their due price for the crops. Whenever it seems that they will get a fair price the government puts restrictions, “ Choudhary said while referring to the restrictions on sugar export and wheat export ban.
“Nobody comes to the farmers rescue at the time of loses, but the government abruptly puts the restrictions,” he said. Over the claim by the Yogi government that “sugar mills closed during the tenure of Akhilesh government have been made operational,” Choudhary said, “Yogi Sarkar has achieved this mastery to take credit of the achievements of others”. “Farmers used new varieties of sugarcane and increased their production," he adds.
"Mills are also modernized, which resulted in 30-40 per cent growth. One should ask the government if they have increased the production, and why there are liabilities to the tune of 8,000 crores to 13,000 crores. This is a failure of the government that they cannot implement the legal provision of 14 days,” he said.
Over RLD's alliance in other states, Choudhary said, “Politics is a game of possibilities. We have a representative in Rajasthan. Our efforts are on. We have divided Rajasthan into six parts on the basis of geographical, cultural and political factors. The people of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will work together”.