According to the reports, the Madhya Pradesh Congress party leaders have decided to demonstrate a sitting protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s official residence in the national capital on Thursday.
The leaders will be pressing their demand of releasing central funds for losses suffered by the state due to torrential monsoonal rains this season. It is expected that the party MLA Arif Masood will lead the charge and seek an immediate release of around Rs. 32,171 crores for the state.
Speaking to the media on the matter, Arif Masood said, “The Modi-led NDA government has deliberately not released Rs 32,171 crore of the central funds, under different heads, to the Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh and is discriminating against the state. Madhya Pradesh suffered severe losses due to floods and extremely heavy rainfall during this monsoon season and it needs fund desperately to tide over the situation.” He also said that the party will submit a memorandum of its demands.
Madhya Pradesh Flood-
As per the information provided by the Public Relations Minister PC Sharma, the flooding due to the heavy rain has caused damage to crops sown in 24 lakh hectares of land. Around 22 lakh farmers have been affected by it.
Damage caused to crops has been estimated to be around Rs. 9,600 crores while the roads have suffered heavy damage of Rs. 1,566 crores.
In order to provide relief to the affected people, Madhya Pradesh government has requested the Center to declare the existing situation as a serious disaster and convert the short-term agricultural loans into medium-term loans. The government had also asked for a package of Rs. 11,861 crores to rehabilitate the flood-affected areas.