AURANGABAD: Union Minister Raosaheb Danve on Wednesday he stated that China and Pakistan They were behind the continuous protests by farmers, who seek the repeal of three new agricultural laws.
He also alleged that Muslims were previously misled about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Citizen Registry (NRC), but since those efforts were unsuccessful, farmers have now been told that they will face losses due to the new laws.
Danve was speaking at the opening of a health center in Kolte takli in Badnapur taluka of the Jalna district of Maharashtra.
“The turmoil that is happening is not that of the farmers. China and Pakistan have a hand behind this. Muslims in this. country they were prompted first. What was said (to them)? That NRC is coming, CAA is coming, and Muslims will have to leave this country in six months. Did a single Muslim leave?
“Those efforts were unsuccessful and farmers are now being told that they will face losses. This is the conspiracy of other countries,” Danve said.
The minister, however, did not elaborate on the basis that he claimed that the two neighboring countries are behind the farmers’ protests.
“The government is buying wheat at 24 rupees and rice at 34 rupees per kg and gives it to the people at 2 and 3 rupees per kg respectively. The government is spending 1.75 crore on the subsidy for this. The government is spending money for the welfare of farmers, “the Minister from the state for consumer affairs, he said.
“These initiatives of the central government show that it is willing to spend money on farmers, but others do not like it,” said the BJP leader.
Danve said Narendra modi He is the prime minister of farmers and none of his decisions would be against farmers.
The Shiv Sena criticized Danve for dragging China and Pakistan into the farmers’ uproar, saying the BJP leaders are insane.
Sena spokesman and former Union minister Arvind Sawant told PTI that the BJP leaders are crazy because they lost power in Maharashtra.
“They don’t know what they’re talking about,” said the Sena leader.
On video: farmers protests: the strange statement of the Union minister from the hand of Pak and China
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