BJP starts cheap veggies bazaar in city

Mumbai: BJP Minority Morcha is buying

vegetables

directly from farmers and selling them to customers at subsidized rates.

BJP city president Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Tuesday kicked off the service, Aatmanirbhar Kisan Bazar, inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ campaign. “We are buying vegetables directly from farmers by paying more than what they got from traders, and selling them at subsidised rates. We have three vehicles with vegetables in the mobile bazaar, but soon will add more,” said morcha president Wasim Khan. Khan added that the vehicles visit areas twice a day.

The bazaar assumes significance in the backdrop of Opposition and some farmers’ protests against Farm Bill (2020), which allows farmers freedom to sell produce to anyone and not necessarily at APMCs. Farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, are opposing the bill.

“This is beneficial to farmers and customers. Since there is no middleman, farmers get a better price, while customers get fresh vegetables cheaper,” added Khan. As demand increase, added Khan, more vehicles will be added.