Pawan demands ₹35,000 assistance to farmers who lost crop due to Nivar
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‘Will soon launch ‘Jai Kisan’, a programme aimed toward bettering lives of peasants’
The Jana Sena Party (JSP) has introduced its determination to spearhead a sequence of programmes aimed toward bettering the lives of the farmers within the State.
Under the inspiring title ‘Jai Kisan’ coined by former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, the get together’s flagship programme will quickly be rolled out with the rapid difficulty available – flood reduction publish Cyclone Nivar.
“We will take up issues ranging from the well-being of tenant farmers to the steps needed to overcome the middlemen system, and making farming not just remunerative but also profitable,” JSP president Pawan Kalyan mentioned on Thursday.
Mr. Pawan Kalyan, who arrived right here together with get together chief Nadendla Manohar on a three-day go to to the flood-ravaged Chittoor and Nellore districts to assess the injury to crops, addressed the media.
He demanded a compensation of ₹35,000 to each farmer who had lost his crop and ₹10,000 out of it as rapid assistance.
“The immediate relief is essential as four farmers had already died as they could not mobilise money to salvage their submerged crops. We cannot wait for more lives to go,” Mr. Pawan Kalyan noticed.
He additional mentioned that the determine of ₹35,000 was “not random,” because it was arrived at after elaborate dialogue with a cross part of farmers.
‘Not the time for politics’
“It is not the time to play politics. We have to stand by the farmers and infuse confidence in them at this crucial hour,” he mentioned.
“In Krishna district, people have come out in large numbers to share their agony and helplessness. In politics, there are times to confront and times to cooperate. We will confront when we feel the government is not doing enough towards relief,” he defined.
Referring to the State’s exchequer place, he mentioned, “When you sell liquor and sand to make money, why can’t you pay enough and immediate compensation to the farmers?”
Mr. Pawan Kalyan is scheduled to tour Srikalahasti and Thottambedu mandals of Chittoor district and Gudur and Nellore mandals of Nellore district on Friday. After an evening halt in Nellore, he’ll tour Venkatagiri and Rapur mandals of Nellore district on Saturday, earlier than reaching Renigunta airport for his return journey.
After his tour, the get together will assess the flood injury and ship a report to the State in addition to the Central authorities.
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