UP Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma made it clear in the state Assembly that the government will not provide free electricity to the farmers, going against BJP's poll promises during the Assembly elections this year. Lucknow: In a bid to woo farmers, who held a year-long protest against the three farm laws, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had promised to give free electricity to farmers for irrigation and grants to set up borewells, tube-wells, ponds and tanks if it returns to power in Uttar Pradesh.

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