TIL Desk/National/Jaipur/ Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi, BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday said it was doubtful whether the Congress leader knew about Rabi and Kharif crops and alleged the opposition party could not protect farmers’ interest. Addressing farmers at a function in Nagaur district of poll-bound Rajasthan, Shah also said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not give slogans merely for elections and knew how to make them reality.
He lauded Rajasthan for playing an important role in formation of the Modi government at the Centre with a huge majority. The BJP won all 25 Lok Sabha seats from the state in the 2014 general elections. Hailing the Rajasthan voters for giving a full majority to the BJP, Shah said there could have been a “dhulmul sarkar” (weak government) if Rajasthan had not given such a verdict.
The BJP president alleged the Congress can neither protect the country nor its farmers as it has failed to implement the slogan of ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’. Asking farmers to vote for the BJP, Shah said the BJP governments in the state and at the Centre have worked hard for the agriculture sector and were committed to meet the target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022.
