Pakistan & China backing farmers’ protest: Raosaheb Danve

AURANGABAD: Union minister of state for consumer affairs, food and public distribution Raosaheb Danve on Wednesday claimed that China and Pakistan were behind the farmers’ protest in Delhi.
Danve, who is Jalna MP for fifth time in a row, had been to Takli village in Phulambri tehsil of Aurangabad district to inaugurate a primary healthcare centre. Danve made the statement while addressing a gathering in the village.
The minister stated that the Union government gives a subsidy of Rs 1.75 lakh crore to purchase foodgrain from farmers at a minimum support price (MSP), before giving out wheat for Rs 2 per kilogram and Rs 3 per kilogram of rice to the poor.
“For the welfare of the farmers, this government is ready to spend money from its treasury but there are forces that do not want it to happen. The on-going agitation is not a farmers’ agitation but China and Pakistan are behind this agitation,” he said.
Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna’s Raju Shetti told TOI, “The statement also means that the PM has failed to keep a check on external forces interfering in our country’s internal issues.”