After the attack of the SP chief, Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said retaliation - in Akhilesh's time when farmers committed suicide - Lucknow News Agriculture Minister responds to Akhileshs Furtilisator Crisis claims claimed

Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi has denied the allegations of fertilizer crisis of Akhilesh Yadav, saying that the Yogi government is working in the interests of farmers. He gave information about the availability of fertilizer, saying that the black marketers were taken strictly against the black marketers. The government gives farmers on fertilizer heavy subsidy. State Bureau, Lucknow. The Minister of Agriculture, Surya Pratap Shahi, will again retaliate on the Yogi government attack on Wednesday by the SP’s national president Akhilesh Yadav. It is said that farmers could not sow in time during the rule of Akhilesh Yadav and would not have the purchase of purchase at the minimum support price. Farmers were forced to commit suicide. The government works in the interests of farmers. The food production of the state increased by 200 lakh tons due to facilities such as fertilizers, better seed, etc. And it has currently reached 737 lakh ton. He claims that there is no shortage of fertilizer and urea in the state. Calculated data on black marketing fistules. Told that district agricultural officer Ashok Prasad Mishra of Shravasti was suspended for negligence. Earlier, the district agricultural officers of Sitapur and Balrampur were also suspended. The SP chief wrote on X on Tuesday that farmers have been upset about fertilizer since the BJP has come to power. The government of the double engine has completely failed in the supply of fertilizer, seeds, water facilities to farmers. The Minister of Agriculture responded by holding a press conference at Krishi Bhavan. He said that Akhilesh Yadav has no right to talk about farmers. During his reign, the Yogi government had to forgive 36 thousand rupees of 86 Lakh farmers at that time. If the SP government was such a farmer -friendly, why did the farmers commit suicide? As for the availability of fertilizer, he said that there are currently 15.91 lakh ton of fertilizer available. So far, 32.07 lakh -metric tons has been sold in the current Kharif season, which is four and a half million tonnes more than last year. More than 10 thousand metric tons of urea were consumed in more than 15 districts, but there was no shortage. He said that the central government gives subsidy to R9,908 per bag at urea and is made available to farmers for only Rs 266.50. If this subsidy is not there, the price of urea will be to Rs 2200. The government also gives large amounts of subsidy on DAP, NP, SSP and Potash. He said that only black marketing and smuggling elements cause fertilizer problems. So far, 1196 retail vendors’ licenses have been revoked. 132 notified the wholesalers, 13 of whom were suspended and a license of four canceled. A fir was submitted to 93 people in black marketing. In addition, ten such people were caught in Maharajganj and eight in Siddharthnagar, who took more than two tons of urea several times without holding. They are being investigated and action will be taken. Baldev Singh Aulakh, Minister of Foreign Agriculture, was also present during this period.