Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: Former minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla took a swipe at BJP Govt over the paltry financial assistance of Rs 675 per kanal compensation to rain hit farmers in district Jammu leaving affected farmers in Jammu disappointed with the “meagre” relief.
“Farmers were expecting LG would announce a major relief package for them. But Rs 675 per kanal compensation is cruel joke,” Bhalla said while addressing a large group of farmers here.
He admitted that the announced amount was very low, but does BJP have courage to condemn the same and stand behind farmers? “There is a difference between what BJP leaders are saying and their actual action,” Bhalla said.
He said the paddy crop suffered heavy damage due to heavy rains in the entire paddy growing border belt of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts and several other parts of Jammu region. the urged upon the administration to immediately reassess the overall damage and announce an adequate special relief package for the affected farmers.
“The farmers are in great distress in the entire rice-growing belt of RS Pura, Suchetgarh, Bishnah, parts of Samba, Hiranagar areas of Kathua, Marh, Kanachack and several other parts,” he added. Seeking adequate ex-gratia relief and compensation to the affected farmers, Bhalla said that farmers are worst neglected and sufferers in the BJP regime in the country and the slogan of Modi Govt to double the income of farmers has proved to be a hollow.
Bhalla said that the State of Jammu and Kashmir has been reduced to the level of administrative unit and the glory of the State has been snatched and ruined at the hands of BJP. He added that even after formal transition of J&K from State to UT on October 31, the issue of domicile safeguard and job safety and security has been left unaddressed. The future of lakhs of unemployed youth is in jeopardy, he added.
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