If apples are sold in the markets of neighboring states, it will be a failure for the Congress government: Deshta

Sanjeev Deshta, State President of BJP Kisan Morcha, fulfilling the responsibility given to me by the party as the State President of Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha for the farmers and gardeners of Himachal Pradesh, I will always work for the interests of the farmers and gardeners of Himachal Pradesh. I will keep fighting. The government may be of the Center or of the state. To take the policies and schemes of the government to the farmers and gardeners and to take the problems of the farmers and gardeners to the government.

The season is still going on in some areas of Kinnaur and Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh.

So far, according to government data, 1.66 crore boxes have arrived in various markets of the country. Out of these 52 percent of apples have come to the markets of Himachal Pradesh and 48 percent have gone to the markets outside. The one which has gone to markets outside 48 percent. He could have come more in the markets of Himachal Pradesh. The way government kept the gardeners of Himachal Pradesh confused in the initial phase of the apple season, whether it was regarding universal cartons or selling apples on the basis of kilos. However, due to a lack of proper infrastructure, the farmer remained confused about whether the apple would be sold on the basis of kilos or on the basis of a universal carton. The way farmers were forced to take their apples to outside markets and due to this the gardeners had to pay extra freight. Even if it takes 2 days to take apples to the markets of Gujarat, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, and apart from that, the government is responsible for the expenses incurred. Just as the MIS links of HPMC and HIMFED were not opened on time, the farmer was forced to throw his apple in the drain. The way the government has fined him is unfortunate.

The purchases were made through HEMFED. After that purchase, when that apple goes to the atomizer, where the thorns are placed on those thorns, at the end when the apple is destroyed, the poor service is thrown down the drain, I think the government would not have assessed it, nor this year. Still working. The decision taken by the Central Government to give 2 percent and 1.5 percent of the premium on this is welcome.

Bharatiya Janata Party government was in power in Himachal Pradesh for the last five years. It was a historic decision to increase the MIS rate and support price of apples by Rs 3.5 in 5 years. The way the government tried to set up processing and cold stores. Today, a processing unit and cold store are being built inside Parala and it has also been completed in Rohru at a cost of Rs 25 crore.

He said that the Bharatiya Janata Party, the state leadership and the central leadership have expressed confidence in me and will always fight for the rights of the farmers. Whether we have to fight through agitation or protest, we will always stand with the farmers.