Uttar Pradesh / If SP wins, we'll give ₹25L to farmers who died during protest: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that if his party is voted to power in the upcoming UP Assembly elections, his government will give a 'Kisan Shahadat Samman Rashi' of ₹25 lakh to farmers who died during the farm laws protest. Tweeting in Hindi, he said, "[Life] of a farmer is priceless because he grows foodgrains for others."

Vikrant Shekhawat : Nov 25, 2021, 08:26 AM
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said if his party comes to power in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, its government will give Rs 25 lakh each to farmers who died during the farm laws agitation.

"The life of a farmer is priceless because he grows foodgrains for others," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

"We promise that in 2022, as soon as the Samajwadi Party government comes to power, farmers who died during the agitation against farm laws will be given a 'Kisan Shahadat Samman Rashi' of Rs 25 lakh," Yadav added.

The Samajwadi Party has extended support to the farmers' movement against the three farm laws.