The NPP has termed the ‘farm promises’ by Meghalaya Trinamool Congress in its election manifesto as hollow and more of publicity stunt.
In a statement issued today, the NPP through its media cell said that the farm promises by Trinamool Congress were vague and generic and lacked any concrete data on the number of farmers to be benefitted or type of interventions that would be taken up.
“Now, that the NPP led government during its tenure 2018-2023 introduced the biggest farmers welfare scheme – Focus and Focus +, the Trinamool Congress is scared and finding no way out to reach out to the farming community is promising financial assistance to the farmers, which the NPP government is already doing and has envisioned the scheme for the next ten years,” the NPP said.
The NPP reiterated that the financial assistance being promised by Trinamool Congress is nothing but ‘baaki card’ (credit card).
“They are pushing a campaign in the media that they have huge registration, which is nothing but an advertisement gimmick adopted by the party. Whereas, NPP under the leadership of our National President Conrad K. Sangma launched the ambitious programme Focus and Focus +, which has already benefited 3.1 lakh farmers,” the NPP added.
The NPP also said that Trinamool Congress and its leaders were in deep slumber during their tenure and are trying to replicate what NPP has already started.
“Trinamool Congress should rely on local issues rather than thinking too much of what they did in Bengal and replicate the same in Meghalaya,” the NPP said.
“It is just a matter of time that the TMC would be taught a lesson by farmers and citizens of Meghalaya, for their mischief and devious nature towards the state of Meghalaya, in pursuit of their electoral prospects,” the NPP said.
