New Delhi, 2nd August. Delhi BJP President Shri Satish Upadhyay has said that on the one hand the State Governments of the entire country and the Central Government are trying to provide relief to the farmers and also provide amenities to increase the agricultural products but on the other hand the Arvind Kejriwal Government is continuously harassing the farmers of Delhi.
Shri Upadhyay has said that the process of the payment of compensation to the farmers of Delhi for the damages from untimely rains during the last year and this year has not been completed as yet. The farmers had barely recovered from the damages to their crop that suddenly the power discom NDPL in which Delhi Government is equal partner, served notices to convert the power connections of thousands of farmers of villages of Delhi like Bakhtawarpur, Palla, Tiggipur, Dariyapur, Bawana, Qutubgarh, Ramjanpur etc. villages into commercial connection.
Shri Upadhyay said that Bharatiya Janata Party strongly opposes the decision of Kejriwal Government to convert the power connections of farmers of Delhi into commercial connection and under the leadership of North West Delhi President Shri Vinod Sehrawat party will stage a demonstration at 11 am on Thursday the 4th August at the Office of NDPL Narela.