PM Modi accuses Congress of shedding crocodile tears for farmers

Prime Minister NarendraModi on Sunday accused the Congress, as well as and other opposition parties, of shedding crocodile tears for farmers and said several irrigation projects in the country had languished in its rule.

Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating the Bansagar canal project and laying foundation stone of Mirzapur medical college here, he said the BJP-led government looked at the pending irrigation projects throughout the country after assuming office in 2014.

   

“Those who are shedding crocodile tears for farmers these days, you should ask them why they could not see the pending irrigation projects throughout the nation during their rule,” he said, adding that people suffered as previous governments did not complete projects on time. 

Referring to the Bansagar project, he said it had been first conceptualized about four decades ago and the foundation stone was laid in 1978 but the project was unduly delayed. 

He said project would have cost around Rs 300 crore if completed on its original schedule but it had now cost Rs 3,500 crore. IANS

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