Agartala (Tripura): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday accused the previous Left Front-led government in the state of exploiting farmers and daily wage workers.
Addressing a gathering during the inauguration of a Wet Lab, Academic Building, and Library Building at the College of Fisheries, Deb said that the previous governments in Tripura never worked in a time-bound manner to complete the public welfare schemes. Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and State Agriculture Minister Pranajit Sinha Roy were also present at the event.
After the inauguration, Chief Minister Deb said that agriculture is the one and only sector, which can boost the economy in a short period of time. "I feel proud that now people don't need to attend any rallies for jobs but now earning money with farming and entrepreneurship. If BJP could form a government in Tripura ten years back, more development work could have been done", he said.
The Chief Minister claimed that the per capita income of farmers has increased from Rs6,000 to Rs11, 000. He also said that the previous government never carried out any target-oriented work. They never did any work for the benefit of the farmers. No government can be successful without setting any target. It is very unfortunate that the then government failed to increase the per capita incomes of the farmers.