BHOPAL: PCC chief Kamal Nath on Saturday came down heavily on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government for allegedly freezing bank accounts of farmers in Harda for non-payment of electricity dues.
“What kind of an anti-farmer and dictatorial government is this in Madhya Pradesh, where the chief minister calls himself a farmer’s son?” Nath asked.
Taking to Twitter, Nath said, “In Harda, the constituency of state agriculture minister Kamal Patel, accounts of farmers have been frozen for non-payment of power bills.”
The former chief minister also alleged that the Chouhan government has not paid farmers compensation and insurance claims for previous year’s crop damage.
In another tweet, Nath recalled that chief minister Chouhan while in Opposition during the 15-month Congress government had asked farmers not to pay inflated electricity bills. “This is the same party in power that once used to say to farmers not to pay inflated electricity bills. And Chouhan used to say that if someone snaps the power connection then he will come to connect the same. Today, his government is suppressing farmers like criminals,” Nath alleged.
The veteran Congress leader demanded immediate roll-back of the government order to freeze accounts of farmers.
“I demand from the state government to immediately withdraw this absurd and dictatorial decision. Farmers should first be paid their last year’s dues and insurance claims. Their accounts should be regularised at the earliest or else the Congress party will not sit silently, but will agitate on the roads,” Nath said.
