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Chowkidars only serve rich, not concerned about poor: Priyanka Gandhi
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Chowkidars only serve rich, not concerned about poor: Priyanka Gandhi

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 24 Mar 2019, 07:39 am

New Delhi, Mar 24 (IBNS/UNI): The Congress party has upped the attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Main bhi chowkidaar campaign' with  party leader and AICC General secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh east Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, claiming 'Chowkidars' only serve the rich, are not concerned about poor.


In a post on Twitter, Priyanka Sunday said: "The families of sugarcane farmer toil day and night. Pending dues of farmers to the level of Rs 10,000 crore means that the education of their children, their food demands, health needs and their next crop all come to a standstill."

Taking a dig at Modi and the BJP leaders, she said: "These 'Chowkidars' only serve the rich. They are not concerned about the poor."

Reports say that according to data compiled by the Cane Commissioner’s Office in Lucknow, as on March 22, the state’s sugar mills have bought cane worth Rs 24,888.65 crore during the current 2018-19 crushing season (October-September) at the state government’s fixed (“advised”) price of Rs 315 per quintal for normal and Rs 325 per quintal for early-maturing varieties.

The reports said that they were to pay Rs 22,175.21 crore within the stipulated 14-day period of taking cane delivery. But the actual payments have been only Rs 12,339.04 crore, translating into arrears of Rs 9,836.17 crore.

Adding the dues of Rs 238.81 crore from the previous 2017-18 season takes the total to Rs 10,074.98 crore.

Of the Rs 10,074.98 crore, over 45 per cent is due from mills in Meerut, Baghpat, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor and Saharanpur, where voting is to be held on April 11

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