Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday strongly criticized the government over the rising number of farmer suicides in Maharashtra.<\/p>\n
In a post shared on his WhatsApp channel, he pointed out that 767 farmers have taken their own lives in the state in just three months, leaving behind shattered homes and families that will never recover.<\/p>\n
Asserting that farmers are struggling with debt, high costs of seeds, fertilizers, and diesel, and lack of guarantee of Minimum Support Price, Gandhi said, \u201cFarmers are sinking deeper into debt every day\u2014seeds are expensive, fertilizers are expensive, diesel is expensive\u2026 but there\u2019s no guarantee of MSP.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also highlighted the government\u2019s indifference towards farmers\u2019 plight, contrasting it with the ease with which loans are waived for billionaires like Anil Ambani.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they demand loan waivers, they are ignored. But those with billions? Their loans are easily waived by the Modi government,\u201d Gandhi said, referring to recent news about Anil Ambani\u2019s Rs 48,000 crore SBI \u201cfraud\u201d.<\/p>\n
Gandhi also slammed the government\u2019s promise to double farmers\u2019 income, saying that the reality is that the lives of those who feed the nation are being cut in half. \u201cModi ji promised to double farmers\u2019 income\u2014today, the reality is that the lives of those who feed the nation are being cut in half,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Gandhi\u2019s remarks highlight the growing concerns about the plight of farmers in India and the need for the government to take concrete steps to address their issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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