Releasing the nineteenth instalment of the farmers’ minimal earnings scheme PM Kisan Samman Nidhi at an occasion in Bihar’s Bhagalpur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took intention on the RJD and its chief, Lalu Prasad, referring to them as “jungleraj waale” and criticising the previous chief minister for his current feedback on the Maha Kumbh.
“Maha Kumbh is a matter of nice religion in our tradition. Par ye jungleraj waale Maha Kumbh ko bhi koste hai (However those that have perpetuated jungleraj even badmouth Maha Kumbh),” Modi mentioned in reference to Lalu’s feedback from final week. Within the wake of the stampede on the New Delhi railway station on February 15, Lalu had blamed the tragedy on a failure to handle the gang heading to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, and courted controversy by saying that the Kumbh was “faltu (meaningless)”.
On Monday, the PM launched Rs 2,200 crore to 9.8 crore farmers, together with round 75 lakh from Bihar. The state is about to carry Meeting elections later this yr.
He mentioned farmers, ladies, the poor and the youth had been the 4 pillars of the nation and that he anticipated farmers to make sure that there’s at the least one Indian meals merchandise within the plates of individuals world wide.
“The poor, ladies energy, the youth and farmers are the 4 pillars. Farmers are our precedence. We’ve got been working with full vitality and have introduced in some good schemes,” he mentioned. Taking one other dig on the RJD and referring to the fodder rip-off underneath the RJD authorities, Modi mentioned, “However the ones who’ve eaten the fodder of animals can’t change the scenario…”
The PM mentioned that for the reason that Centre launched the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi six years in the past, Rs 3.70 lakh crore has been transferred to farmers by direct beneficiary transfers. “Our assist cash to farmers is the same as the complete (agriculture) finances through the regime of the Congress and the jungleraj wale,” Modi mentioned.
On the push being given to Bihar’s common makhana, or foxnuts, he mentioned, “It’s a tremendous meals. I’ll eat makhana 300 days out of 12 months a yr. The proposed Makhana Board for Bihar will present nice assist in meals processing, worth addition and advertising.”
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He additionally talked about the proposal for a brand new Vikramshila College close to the positioning of the traditional college close to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur. “Like Nalanda College, Vikramshila College will probably be a fusion of the outdated and the brand new,” he mentioned.
Additionally talking on the occasion, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar thanked the Centre. “The Centre has made a number of bulletins within the earlier Price range and has sanctioned Greenfield airport, Makhana Board and Western Kosi Canal on this Price range. Bihar has been rising with a whole lot of assist from the Centre,” he mentioned.
