NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday slammed the Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh over less procurement of wheat from farmers. She also urged the government to extend the date to ensure maximum purchase.

In a twitter handle in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi said, "In Uttar Pradesh, the last date for procuring wheat has passed and the government was unable to procure wheat from several farmers. If buying wheat from all the farmers was not a rhetoric, then the BJP government should ensure maximum purchase by extending the date of procurement. Or else, during rainy season the wheat procured from farmers will be wasted." Her remarks came two days after she wrote to the chief minister highlighting that only 14 percent of wheat produced has been procured by the state government. She had also highlighted that the procurement centres in several villages were closed and less wheat was purchased from farmers.

Earlier, the Congress leader claimed that in states like Punjab and Haryana, the government procurement of wheat accounts for 80-85 percent of the total production, while in Uttar Pradesh, only 14 percent of the 378 lakh metric tonnes of wheat produced has been procured by the government centres.

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