Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019, Amit Shah addressed the ‘Sahkari Sammelan’ in Lucknow on Saturday and followed it up with another function organised by the BJP in Gorakhpur, the bastion of Yogi Adityanath, who represented the parliamentary constituency five times before being sworn in as the UP chief minister in 2017.

The Gorakhpur event is being organised by the BJP Kisan Morcha. Shah is addressing the inaugural of the national convention of the morcha and is expected to list out the pro-farmer schemes and policies of the Narendra Modi government.

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5:41 pm IST 13 crore farmers will be paid Rs 75 thousand crore per year: Amit Shah Amit Shah said, UPA government during its rule had waived Rs 53 thousand crore loan of 3 crore farmers. “With the policy that our government has announced in 2019 budget, 13 crore farmers will be paid Rs 75 thousand crore per year,” he added.





5:28 pm IST Modi government is first to allocate Rs 750 crore towards protection of ‘gaumata’: Amit Shah Narendra Modi’s was the first government after independence to allocate Rs 750 crore towards protection of cows, says Amit Shah.





5:22 pm IST Application of scientific methods in agriculture started under Modi: Amit Shah Scientific research is important for agriculture. Such studies were conducted during Jawaharlal Nehru’s regime too. But, those remained restricted to laboratories only and never reached the fields. By launching ‘soil health card’, PM Modi, for the first time, introduced the ‘lab to land’ concept, says Amit Shah.





5:12 pm IST BJP government has bought maximum amount of farmers’ produce at minimum support price: Amit Shah No government can match the amount of agricultural produce the BJP government has bought at minimum support price, says Amit Shah.





5:08 pm IST BJP government has given a befitting reply to terrorism: Amit Shah BJP government has given a befitting reply to terrorism. Be it bullet for bullet or conducting surgical strikes,Modi government didn’t hesitate for a second, says BJP chief Amit Shah.





5:02 pm IST Sacrifice of our soldiers will not go in vain: Amit Shah We have empathy for the families of 40 soldiers who were killed in Pulwama terror attack. But, their sacrifice will not go in vain, says Amit Shah.





5:01 pm IST Modi government stepped up agriculture welfare policy: Amit Shah Amit Shah said the Modi government has stepped up the agriculture welfare policy by strengthening water supply, price, currency, technology through self-reliance.





4:55 pm IST Modi government has worked for betterment of farmers: Amit Shah Modi government has worked for the betterment of the farmers, says BJP chief Amit Shah.





4:53 pm IST Congress ruled the nation for 55 years and worsened the condition of the farmers: Shah The Congress ruled the nation for 55 years and worsened the condition of the farmers. This poor condition of the farmers is because of the Congress, says Amit Shah.





4:45 pm IST Our nation is farmer-centric: Amit Shah Our nation is farmer-centric. The nation’s 15% GDP comes from the farming sector, says Amit Shah.





4:40 pm IST BJP government has given jaw breaking response to terrorism: Amit Shah The BJP government has given jaw breaking response to terrorism in the last 5 years, says Amit Shah.





4:39 pm IST Amit Shah speaking at BJP Kisan Morcha National Convention in Gorakhpur BJP chief Amit Shah is speaking at BJP Kisan Morcha National Convention in Gorakhpur.





4:11 pm IST Why are you (Rahul) misleading farmers by making false promises?: Shah The BJP president also took a dig at the Congress president, saying “Rahul baba makes fun of us, says farmers debt has to be waived. We have done and shown in Uttar Pradesh; you (Congress) had promised in Karnataka that Rs 48,000-crore worth (farm loans) will be waived but could manage only Rs 1,800 crore.” “Why are you misleading farmers by making false promises?” Shah said.





3:55 pm IST Modi government strengthened cooperatives movement, extended 3 times more help to farmers: Amit Shah Claiming that his party has strengthened the cooperatives movement in the country, BJP president Amit Shah said Saturday the Modi government has extended three times more help to farmers when compared to the previous UPA government. “The previous UPA government of Sonia (Gandhi) and Manmohan Singh had extended loans worth Rs 23,635 crore to farmers through cooperatives, while the present Modi government has extended a help of Rs 72,051 crore — which is three times more,” Shah said, addressing the Sahkarita Sammelan of his party.





1:20 pm IST Under Yogi Aditynath’s, UP growing at a fast pace: Amit Shah “The state of governance in Uttar Pradesh under SP-BSP regime was unstable, today under Yogi Adityanath’s leadership, the state has become strong and stable and the state is growing at a fast pace" ,said BJP chief Amit Shah in Lucknow.





1:05 pm IST Must bring cooperative infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh: Amit Shah “We are committed to the development of Uttar Pradesh. Every farmer must be given a cow and a buffalo, so that by selling milk the farmer can subsist and also provide education to his children. Like Maharashtra and Gujarat, cooperative infrastructure must also be introduced in Uttar Pradesh,” said BJP chief Amit Shah at ‘Sahkari Sammelan’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow.



