Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said agriculture has now become a lucrative business in Chhattisgarh.Baghel while talking to media persons here at Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur, after his arrival from 10-day foreign tour, said the considerable increase in numbers of registered farmers for sale of paddy on support price this year is a testimony of that.
Claiming that it’s not only enhanced the agrarian economy but also boosted the entire trade and business in the state, he further suggested that the Chhattisgarh model should now be adopted at national level for doubling the income of farmers.
The CM further flayed the demonstration of BJP for extending the paddy procurement date. “It is the demand for the middlemen who failed to dispose off their crops”, he said.
“The BJP in its 15 year’s tenure was a government of middlemen and now too they have nexus with them and are demanding the extension in the interest of the middlemen”, he said.
Replying to query about demand of former chief minister Raman Singh for issuance of ‘white paper’ on the paddy issue, the CM accepted the demand but said there were so many issues of wrong doings in the 15-year BJP regime. “How many white papers should I issue?” he asked.
Baghel earlier termed his 10-day foreign tour a great success and said soon positive outcome in the form of investments would come.
