Narnaund: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be a hit amongst the city dwellers but for the farmers in Haryana's Narnaund, he is a man whose 'pro-trader' policies are eating up their only source of income.
Ugalan village in Narnaund is predominantly a farming community. As the election fever reaches its peak, excited villagers discuss the political scene in the constituency currently held by the INLD. They scoff at the mention of Modi who has been intensively campaigning for the BJP in the poll-bound state.
"We will not vote for the BJP or Modi. He has caused us so much loss. He favours the traders and dealers. The price for our produce has dropped dramatically," said Karan Singh, a farmer.
"The PM and Hooda government are playing blame game over the drop of Basmati rice. We are the one who suffer," said another infuriated farmer.
"He (Modi) had spent so much money in his campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections, where we will he get back all that from. Obviously from our pockets,"he added.
Haryana is the biggest exporter of Basmati rice in the country. The drop in purchase price of the premium quality rice has embroiled the state's CM and the PM in a war of words.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had recently written to the PM to take note of the dwindling purchase price of Basmati rice and take immediate action.
But the PM instead hit back at the Haryana government at his election rallies for 'falsely blaming' the Centre of imposing ban on Basmati rice export. He accused state government of imposing 4 per cent mandi tax on Basmati rice.
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