Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday, February 24, slammed the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for providing Rs 500 a month to poor farmers under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi.
In a series of tweets, Mayawati termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move as “atrocious” and “arrogant.”
Rs 500 a month to poor farmers under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi is an insult of farmers. Farmers believe in their labour and want remunerative price of their produce but BJP mentality to give them little monetary help is atrocious and arrogant. BJP has failed to fulfil their promise.
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) February 24, 2019
Giving @ Rs 17 per day to few farmers just before Lok Sabha elections is pure hoodwinking. BJP reflects poor in their thinking towards farmers and solving their misery. BJP misused govt power & machinery in a brazen manner and still not hesitating.
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) February 24, 2019
Earlier in the day, Modi launched the scheme in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, by transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers.
In the interim Budget 2019-20, the PM-KISAN scheme was announced under which Rs 6,000 per year will be given in three installments to small and marginal farmers holding cultivable land up to two hectares.