Gram Parikrama Yatra: BJP's next move to woo farmers ahead of Lok Sabha elections

This comes amid farmer's 'Delhi Chalo' march, which was put on hold for two days by the farmer leaders on Wednesday after a protester was killed and about 12 police personnel got injured in clashes at Khanauri on the Punjab-Haryana border. Thousands of farmers are taking part in the agitation over their multiple demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) for their produce and farm debt waiver.

Meanwhile, the programmes held under the BJP's Gram Parikrama Yatra were broadcast on 900 screens across the country.

As part of the campaign, the BJP is distributing leaflets to people about the work carried out under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the welfare of farmers, ANI reported.

The Gram Parikrama Yatra commenced on February 12 in Muzaffarnagar, western Uttar Pradesh. As many as 20,000 farmers participated in the first rally as part of this campaign.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also attended the Muzaffarnagar event.

“There is no Opposition of any kind anywhere in the Gram Parikrama Yatra because of the work done by the PM Modi-led government in the last 10 years, ranging from the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and PM Kisan Samman Nidhi to Nano urea and others Under Modi's government, MSP has increased by 1.5 times... We are reaching 1.25 lakh villages.” Rajkumar Chahar said.

Chahar added, “MSP seems to be the main issue at the moment. There is a lot of purchasing on MSP on some crops in Punjab. MSP has continuously increased in production. Exports are also big and the government itself is continuously sitting in Chandigarh for talks (with protesting farmers). The solution will be found through talks. The government has been making decisions in the interest of farmers earlier and will continue to make them in the future also. Some issues need good discussion in the interest of farmers, like the issue of MSP.”