NCP MP Supriya Sule on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded central assistance to help farmers affected by unseasonal rains damaging Rabbi crops in Maharashtra.
Prime Minister Modi assured Ms. Sule that the Centre would collect necessary information on the damage caused in Maharashtra, and act swiftly, a statement from her office issued late this evening said.
Ms. Sule also discussed the need for ban on tobacco products. While welcoming the tax imposed on tobacco products, she told Mr. Modi that more efforts from the government are needed for those addicted to tobacco products.
The NCP has demanded a ban on tobacco products after NCP leader RR Patil succumed to oral cancer last month.
Ms. Sule, who has been promoting women’s self help groups, urged Mr. Modi to take initiatives to spread the movement nationally, the statement said.
Ms. Sule also demanded independent fund allocations for the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana under which MPs can adopt villages, and emphasised that this would make the scheme more effective at the ground level.
NCP Chief Sharad Pawar had met Mr. Modi last week ahead of the BCCI elections. The visit came days after the Prime Minister had visited Baramati, the home constituency of Pawar family, in western Maharashtra, and the two leaders had shared the dais at a farmers rally.
