Congress dividing society on caste lines, says Kanwar Pal Gujjar
Ravinder Saini
Tribune News Service
Rewari, August 1
Agriculture Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar has said the Congress intends to divide society on caste lines, hence it is persistently demanding a caste-based census while the BJP considers every caste equal and also believes in development of every caste and every person.
“All people wish an end to the caste system, but the Congress wants to promote it by flagging the issue of caste-based census. Earlier, it tried to divide the people on religious lines. When it did not succeed, it started to demand a caste census. All castes are equal for the BJP and it works to ensure that the last person could also avail the benefit of government schemes,” said Gujjar while interacting with media here on Thursday.
Accompanied by Public Health and Engineer Minister Dr Banwari Lal and BJP’s Rewari district president Vandana Popli, the Agriculture Minister inaugurated Alaknanda Girls Hostel, Library and Examination Building at Agriculture College of Ch Charan Singh Agricultural Research Centre at Bawal town here.
Lambasting the Congress for describing the BJP as anti-farmer, Gujjar said the BJP had done what no other government ever could do for the welfare of farmers. “The BJP government is currently procuring 14 crops at the minimum support price (MSP) while farmers of neighbouring state Punjab are getting the MSP only for two crops. Farmers are being misled by the Opposition,” he added.
Earlier, Gujjar while addressing the gathering at the inaugural function said the state government was ensuring the progress of farmers through new initiatives.
“Under the Khet-Khalihan Road Scheme, the government has streamlined the traffic system and connectivity in the villages so that farmers do not face any problem in taking their produce to the markets. CM Nayab Singh Saini is well aware of the struggles and problems of farmers, hence he is constantly ensuring the implementation of government schemes so as to provide the farmers get the maximum benefit of these,” said the minister. He claimed the power of research would help Haryana to move towards good farming. The farmers should also innovate and experiment in agriculture.
