The BJP on Sunday asserted that Centre’s schemes have not just benefited agriculture but have been instrumental in elevating Punjab on the socio-economic pedestal. This comes even as the party’s Lok Sabha candidates in Punjab continue to face backlash from farmer organisations, who blame the party for adopting an anti-farmer stance,
The BJP also hit out at the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, accusing it of spreading a false narrative against the Centre.
BJP State president Sunil Jakhar said Punjab has benefited from the funds provided by the BJP government in the last 10 years of the BJP rule at the Centre. “The benefits of the massive funds disbursed by the Modi government under its flagship and other schemes penetrated right up to the last mile. Be it social security, agriculture, health, infrastructure, welfare, railways, housing, power, nutrition, road network or employment, Punjab received enormous central assistance in the last decade that has been instrumental in elevating Punjab on the socio-economic pedestal,” he said addressing a press conference here.
