Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday (August 2) lashed out at the Congress over the issues of farmers and said that the grand old party has “anti-farmer” DNA, adding that it never prioritised the farm sector throughout its rule after Independence. His remarks came during a discussion on the working of his ministry in the Upper House, where he underlined the work done by the Narendra Modi government in the last 10 years while also affirming the Centre’s commitment to providing remunerative prices of crops to farmers as well as urea and DAP fertilisers at a highly subsidised rates.Congress’ priorities during power were wrong, being ‘anti-farmer’ in its DNA: Shivraj Singh in Rajya Sabha
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday (August 2) lashed out at the Congress over the issues of farmers and said that the grand old party has “anti-farmer” DNA, adding that it never prioritised the farm sector throughout its rule after Independence. His remarks came during a discussion on the working of his ministry in the Upper House, where he underlined the work done by the Narendra Modi government in the last 10 years while also affirming the Centre’s commitment to providing remunerative prices of crops to farmers as well as urea and DAP fertilisers at a highly subsidised rates.
