25-05-2025
Chouhan launches ‘Viksit Bharat' yatra from Sehore, Cong slams ‘unfulfilled' farm promises
Bhopal: Union agriculture minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
on Sunday launched the 'Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra' from Sehore district in his Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency, engaging with villagers and beneficiaries of various central welfare schemes during a foot march through Ladkui, Bhadakui and Chhindgaon.
During his "padyatra", Chouhan interacted with beneficiaries of 'PM Awas Yojana', welfare schemes of the forest department and tribal welfare department. He also interacted with beneficiaries of the 'Ladli Bahna' scheme and 'Lakhpati Didis'.
Speaking on the occasion, he said: "A developed and strong India is our objective and the resolve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to achieve the goal by 2047 has become a 'mantra' for him.
India will become a developed country when we have a network of roads, power supply and irrigation, there are advanced agricultural techniques, every eligible person has a job, nobody remains hungry and there are medical facilities available to all.
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"Building a developed nation is not limited to construction of bridges, roads, schools and hospitals but it also includes a dignified life for people and even the poor have sufficient resources."
Chouhan said in his padyatra, top officials of agriculture department were accompanying him including director general of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). They will talk to farmers in their farms and apprise them of research in the field of agriculture.
Congress state chief Jitu Patwari, while reacting to Chouhan's padyatra, said Chouhan, who was the union agriculture minister now and had been chief minister of Madhya Pradesh for two decades before that, owed an explanation to farmers of the state whom he had promised that the procurement rate of paddy would be raised to Rs 3,100 and wheat Rs 2,700 per quintal, income of farmers would be doubled, input expenditure in farming would be reduced and the state government would pay the interest due on farmers because none of these promises have been met.
He further said the condition of farmers in MP was "miserable", they were throwing away onions as its price has become as low as Rs 1 per Kg.
Patwari said he had been seeking an appointment with Chouhan to discuss the issues of farmers but he didn't give him time.
He said he will seek time 100 times from Chouhan and if he doesn't give him an audience, he will gherao Chouhan in his constituency with lakhs of farmers where he was taking out "padyatra" as of now.
