Madhya Pradesh: Advantage Congress As Rahul Gandhi Hits The Right Cords
This has worried the BJP.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing a huge backlash as farmers are protesting against their policies in the state. Congress president Rahul Gandhi kicked off the traditional party’s campaign by meeting the families of the farmers who were killed in Mandsaur last year. This has worried the BJP.
Gandhi promised Madhya Pradesh farmers a loan waiver within 10 days of coming to power. He added, “Congress party will add a value chain from farm to factory and set up a food processing unit in every district of the state.”
Farmers’ protests
There is an ongoing farmers’ protest from June 1-10 across various states, including Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. The farmers’ called for a strike for not receiving the right price for their grains. There will also be a ‘Gaon Bandh’ on June 10 across many villages in India.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan in trouble
MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is currently facing opposition from farmers in the state. The Chouhan government was clearly not happy as Gandhi went to MP on a day when the farmers were commemorating the anniversary of last year’s horrific police firing which claimed six lives. The local administration even warned families of farmers against meeting the Congress president ahead of his visit to the state.
For all these years, Chouhan has presented himself as a farm leader, but today he cannot claim the same.
BJP has not been able to rid the farmers of their financial woes. The Bhavantar scheme which promised to provide 1.5 times the cost of production of crops has also failed.
The situation is similar to last year’s Gujarat elections, Congress did reap the benefit of non-electoral organisations such as the Hardik Patel-led Patidar outfit creating an anti-government sentiment.
Now, the light at the end of the tunnel shows that Congress is headed to win.