Rahul sends Israeli banana saplings for Amethi farmers

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Rahul sends Israeli banana saplings for Amethi farmers

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 | PNS | Lucknow

If the Bharatiya Janata Party is wooing the electorate in Congress citadel Amethi through frequent visits of Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani, local Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi has kept his promise to local farmers by sending Israeli banana saplings for them.

“The local farmers had met Rahul Gandhi during his last visit and talked about the scope of cultivating bananas in the area after which the Congress president has sent 40,000 banana saplings for them,” Congress spokesman Anshu Awasthi said on Monday.

“These saplings of G-9 variety have been brought here from Israel. This particular variety will help farmers double their income as it is low cost and high-yielding variety. The responsibility of their distribution among farmers has been given to Khetihar Mazdoor Congress head Anil Shukla,” Awasthi said.

“This is not the first time that Rahul Gandhi has taken care of the needs of the people of his constituency whom he considers as his family.

The distribution of saplings, which started on Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary, will continue upto Sonia Gandhi’s birthday on December 9,” Awasthi said.   

The BJP leaders have been charging Rahul Gandhi of not doing enough for his constituency and electorate, which they claim still lacks infrastructure and facilities despite being represented by the Gandhi family for over three decades.

Despite losing the 2014 Lok Sabha poll to Rahul Gandhi, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani has been working overtime in Amethi to ensure that she wrests the seat from the Congress in the 2019 general elections.

However, Awasthi dismissed Irani’s sops to the locals saying, “Had there been any real concern, she could have brought schemes of her ministry in the past over four years. This concern at election time indicates other motives.”

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