Updated Dec 24, 2020 | 21:30 IST
The prime minister will release the next instalment of financial benefits to the tune of Rs 18,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | File photo | Photo Credit: AP
Mumbai: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi releasing the next instalment of funds for farmers under a central welfare scheme, the NCP on Thursday accused him of depositing money in peasants accounts when polls are around.
Speaking to reporters here, Maharashtra minister and NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said the BJP is not a party of farmers, but of those who loot agricultural produce .
Farmers have been misled by Opposition, says PM Narendra Modi
Last week, the BJP had claimed that Congress was contradicting its own plans and instigating farmers in the wrong way to oppose the present government
| 15 Dec 2020 4:41 PM GMT
Kutch (Gujarat): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed support yet again for his government s controversial farm sector laws that have made farmers leave their home behind to come out and camp at the borders of Delhi for nearly 20 days.
The government has made it clear that the farm laws would not be scraped, which is the principal demand of the farmers, resulting in a deadlock and escalation of protests.
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