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Karnataka Elections 2018: Rahul Gandhi issues PM Modi's report card, grades him 'F' in subject of agriculture

In yet another stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi today issued his ‘report card’ and gave him ‘F’ grade.

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In yet another stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi today issued his ‘report card’ and gave him ‘F’ grade.

Gandhi took to Twitter and said that the Prime Minister had not been able to tackle farmers’ issue and failed in ‘subject’ of agriculture in Karnataka. 

In a point-by-point explanation, Gandhi said that there was ‘Rs 0’ contribution to Congress state government’s 8,500 crore farm loan waiver.

In second point he said that due to the PM’s crop insurance scheme, farmers are suffering; private insurance companies are making huge profits. 

He also said that there was no minimum support price for Karnataka farmers.  

 

Gandhi’s tweet came a day after the Prime Minister held the Siddaramaiah Government responsible for the grim condition of the state farmers.

PM Modi came down hard on the Siddaramaiah government for being "indifferent" to farm distress and not implementing the crop insurance scheme effectively, while offering them only "lip sympathy".

With his own government under attack over agrarian distress in several states, including Karnataka, PM Modi sought to assuage the concerns of the farming community.

"As part of our holistic approach to agriculture, from purchase of seeds to reaching the farm produce to markets (beej se bazaar tak) we are working towards making farmers strong," he told BJP Kisan Morcha workers in an interaction with them through the 'Narendra Modi' app.

He assailed Karnataka's Congress government over its alleged indifference towards implementing the crop insurance scheme to insulate them against crop loss.

"I keep getting complaints regarding Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana from Karnataka, but one of our MPs has done a great work in his constituency with the help of Kisan morcha workers. He, however, did not name the MP.

"The Karnataka government is indifferent...it does not care about the benefits that a farmer can get from the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana," he said.

 

(With inputs from agency)

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