Uttar Pradesh: In last 38 months, sugar mills paid Rs 98,382 crore to sugarcane farmers, says Minister

Lucknow: Sugarcane arrears have always remained a major issue in Uttar Pradesh’s politics. Parties don’t leave any stone unturned on this issue as sugarcane farmers votest play an important role in the state.

Former state chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav launched an attack on the ruling government over sugarcane dues. In a tweet, Yadav said, “The sugarcane farmers are suffering due to non-payment of their dues by the sugar mills. Mills are also mounting pressure on the sugarcane farmers to harvest the entire cane crop within a week.”

Replying to the Yadav’s allegation, sugarcane minister Suresh Rana said that during the 38-month tenure of the Yogi Adityanath government, the sugar mills had cleared Rs 98,382 crore of the sugarcane farmers.

पश्चिमी उप्र से लगातार गन्ना किसानों के चीनी मिलों पर बकाया भुगतान, बच्चों की फ़ीस न दे पाने और घर न चला पाने जैसी समस्याओं की ख़बरें आती हैं. अब चीनी मिलें किसानों पर एक हफ़्ते के अंदर ही कटाई का दबाव डाल रही हैं, जो कोरोना-संकटकाल में संभव नहीं है.

उप्र में कोई सरकार है क्या? pic.twitter.com/Mv3jRkyNRg

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 29, 2020

In a tweet, Rana said, ” In a 38-month tenure of the Yogi Adityanath government, the sugar mills had cleared Rs 98,382 crore of the sugarcane farmers. This amount is higher than the total payment made to the sugarcane farmers during the five-year tenure of the previous Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government. So far in the current crushing season, sugar mills paid Rs 19,328 crore to the farmers.”

मा0 मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी के निर्देश पर 38 माह में गन्ना किसानों को पिछले 5 वर्षों के बकाया सहित अब तक किया 98382 करोड का गन्ना भुगतान जो पिछली सरकार के 5 साल के कार्यकाल से भी है ज्यादा। वर्तमान सत्र का अब तक किया 19328 करोड़ का गन्ना भुगतान।@yadavakhilesh

— Suresh Rana (@SureshRanaBJP) May 29, 2020

Despite lockdown, the sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh are still operating keeping in mind the welfare of the cane farmers.

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