Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second leg in Karnataka by interacting via video conferencing with BJP’s Kisan Morcha workers.

PM Modi highlighted his government’s efforts towards farmers’ welfare and said one crore farmers have been provided Soil Health Card in Karnataka claiming that due to the lack of concern of the Siddaramaiah government, farmers in Karnataka could not benefit from the Centre’s “Fasal Bima Yojna” scheme.

 With the recap of his government’s promise to double farmer’s income by 2020, PM Modi stated that BJP chief minister candidate B S Yeddyurappa will work hard towards achieving these objectives in Karnataka.

“A sensitive government, which works for the development of farmers, is needed in Karnataka. Farmer’s leader Yeddyurappa Ji will work with renewed vigor in our efforts to double farmer’s income,” PM said.

 On a related note On Monday, PM Modi officially began BJP’s elections campaign in Karnataka addressing three rallies across the poll bound state in which he direct attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

PM Modi highlighted his government's efforts towards farmers'welfare and said “We have increased Minimum Support Price (MSP) for notified crops to at least 1.5 times that of the production cost”, adding that “Around 3.5 crore farmers have been covered under PM Fasal Bima Yojana, out of which 14 lakh farmers belong to Karnataka”.