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BJP, Sena slam UPA on farmers suicides, rap Rahul’s ‘tourism’
Terming Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to Maharashtra as “political tourism,” the Shiv Sena and the BJP on Wednesday criticised the Government for not taking adequate steps to stop suicides by desperate farmers as the State was facing drought.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Prakash Javadekar (BJP) said five farmers in Vidarbha committed suicide on the International Labour Day on May 1 while 900 farmers have committed suicide in six districts of the State in the last eight years of the UPA.
“More than 370 farmers have committed suicide since January itself. These are not suicides but killings and the name of the killer is UPA...Congress general secretary Gandhi had promised help to Kalavati, whose farmer husband had committed suicide, but she has to wage a battle to get her dues. Two more persons from her family also committed suicide later,” Javadekar said.
Echoing similar sentiments, Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena) said, “Rahul Gandhi went to Maharashtra four days back. It was political tourism. People did not get anything from this political tourism except some assurances.”
Raut also referred to the suicide of three farmers including Gajanand Ghotekar, a cotton farmer in Yavatmal region last month. Ghotekar had left behind a suicide note asking not to vote for NCP and Congress.
“Gajanand, in his suicide note, appealed not to vote for Congress and NCP saying these parties do not care for farmers. A person does not tell a lie at the time of his death. Hence the Government and Parliament should take his words seriously,” Raut said.
Demanding urgent steps in view of drought in the region, he said the pace of steps being taken by the Government and the administration in the State is very slow. “Even 25 per cent of the announcements made by the Government have not actually reached the farmers,” he said.
Terming Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to Maharashtra as “political tourism,” the Shiv Sena and the BJP on Wednesday criticised the Government for not taking adequate steps to stop suicides by desperate farmers as the State was facing drought.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Prakash Javadekar (BJP) said five farmers in Vidarbha committed suicide on the International Labour Day on May 1 while 900 farmers have committed suicide in six districts of the State in the last eight years of the UPA.
“More than 370 farmers have committed suicide since January itself. These are not suicides but killings and the name of the killer is UPA...Congress general secretary Gandhi had promised help to Kalavati, whose farmer husband had committed suicide, but she has to wage a battle to get her dues. Two more persons from her family also committed suicide later,” Javadekar said.
Echoing similar sentiments, Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena) said, “Rahul Gandhi went to Maharashtra four days back. It was political tourism. People did not get anything from this political tourism except some assurances.”
Raut also referred to the suicide of three farmers including Gajanand Ghotekar, a cotton farmer in Yavatmal region last month. Ghotekar had left behind a suicide note asking not to vote for NCP and Congress.
“Gajanand, in his suicide note, appealed not to vote for Congress and NCP saying these parties do not care for farmers. A person does not tell a lie at the time of his death. Hence the Government and Parliament should take his words seriously,” Raut said.
Demanding urgent steps in view of drought in the region, he said the pace of steps being taken by the Government and the administration in the State is very slow. “Even 25 per cent of the announcements made by the Government have not actually reached the farmers,” he said.
