Punjab BJP Leader Criticizes State Governments Failure to Distribute Fertilizers to Farmers
Sunil Jakhar slams Punjabs AAP government for failing to distribute fertilizers, praising PM Modis support for farmers instead.
Chandigarh, November 12 (Daily Kiran) : Senior BJP leader Sunil Jakhar has sharply criticized the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for its failure to distribute fertilizers to farmers in Punjab. His comments came during a recent post on the social media platform X, where he also expressed appreciation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Jakhar stated, “I sincerely thank Prime Minister Modi for his commitment to farmers. Under his leadership, Union Agriculture Minister Chouhan and Union Fertilizer Minister J.P. Nadda have ensured that, despite the crisis in West Asia, farmers can purchase a bag of DAP fertilizer for just ₹1,350.”
He highlighted that the Modi government is buying DAP at ₹100 per kilogram and making it available to farmers at ₹27 per kilogram. To facilitate this, the government has increased subsidies by 64% compared to the previous year. During the Rabi season, the subsidy for phosphatic and potassic fertilizers alone amounts to ₹62,370 crore, with a separate subsidy for urea.
However, Jakhar pointed out that while fertilizer stocks arrived in Punjab in October, the Mann government failed to distribute them in a timely manner, leading to the exploitation of farmers. He also noted that despite the central government’s full cash credit limit (CCL) for purchasing paddy, the Punjab government has been unable to procure the crop, leaving farmers stranded in the markets.
Jakhar questioned what farmers could expect from a government that has been in power for four years and nine months but still has not formulated a farming policy, let alone implemented it.
