Centre is working for betterment of farmers: Vijaypal Singh Tomar

Vijaypal Singh Tomar, BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh and former president of BJP Kisan Morcha, has said that the agitating farmers are not real farmers. He added that the opposition parties are indulging in politics over the issue and confusing the farmers. Vijaypal Singh Tomar spoke to ETV Bharat today on several issues and said that the government is increasing the price of sugarcane for the first time.

New Delhi: Vijaypal Singh Tomar, BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh and former president of BJP Kisan Morcha, has said that the agitating farmers are not real farmers. He added that the opposition parties are indulging in politics over the issue and confusing the farmers. Vijaypal Singh Tomar spoke to ETV Bharat today on several issues and said that the government is increasing the price of sugarcane for the first time. This move will benefit the sugarcane farmers.

No previous government had even thought of increasing the procurement price of sugarcane till date. He added that the sugarcane farmers for the first time will get procurement prices. The BJP Rajya Sabha MP further said that the farmers suffered a lot under the previous government. Several sugar mills were closed down in the previous years. Today all the farmers are in profits. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stopped the imports and promoted exports. This has resulted in 4,00,000 tonnes of buffer stock in the country.

On the question of the continuous farmers' agitation for last month including the sugarcane farmers and why the government has failed to convince them, the former BJP Kisan Morcha president Vijaypal Singh Tomar said that the agitating farmers are getting influenced by the politicians. He added that different parties, be it Congress, SP, BSP or Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal are misleading farmers and doing politics on the issue.

He further added that if such parties are so concerned about the farmers, then they should have discussed the three bills in the parliament, despite the government's repeated reminders. The agitating farmers are pulled by political parties, whereas real farmers are happy with PM Modi's decision. The Modi government has benefited sugarcane farmers, it's export has increased and the benefits are going directly into the hands of the farmers.

On the question of agitating farmers going to host a conference on 5th September, BJP MP said that this move is politically motivated. These agitating farmers have become pawns for politicians.