<p>The state government has taken an "anti-farmer" stance, which has been reflected even in the budget, said former minister C N Ashwath Narayan on Wednesday.</p><p>He was speaking at a protest organised by the BJP Bengaluru Mahanagara Raitha Morcha at the Freedom Park on Wednesday.</p>.I am not an aspirant for Karnataka BJP prez post, party leadership will decide, says C T Ravi.<p>"Every time the Congress comes to power, "anti-farmer" laws have been implemented," he said, adding that the government has been "failing" the farmers of the state.</p><p>He demanded the state government to resume the top-up of the annual payments of Rs 4,000 to the farmers, that it had stopped after it came to power. </p><p>Senior BJP leader C T Ravi urged the state to reinstate various "pro-people" programmes implemented during the BJP's time and called on it to allocate funds for the irrigation projects, among other pro-farmer projects.</p>
<p>The state government has taken an "anti-farmer" stance, which has been reflected even in the budget, said former minister C N Ashwath Narayan on Wednesday.</p><p>He was speaking at a protest organised by the BJP Bengaluru Mahanagara Raitha Morcha at the Freedom Park on Wednesday.</p>.I am not an aspirant for Karnataka BJP prez post, party leadership will decide, says C T Ravi.<p>"Every time the Congress comes to power, "anti-farmer" laws have been implemented," he said, adding that the government has been "failing" the farmers of the state.</p><p>He demanded the state government to resume the top-up of the annual payments of Rs 4,000 to the farmers, that it had stopped after it came to power. </p><p>Senior BJP leader C T Ravi urged the state to reinstate various "pro-people" programmes implemented during the BJP's time and called on it to allocate funds for the irrigation projects, among other pro-farmer projects.</p>