Uddhav slams Maharashtra CM for neglecting farmers, Fadnavis hits back

A committee headed by chief economic adviser Pravinsinh Pardeshi has been formed to study the matter.

“The CM is campaigning in Bihar when farmers here are suffering. When I was the CM, I had waived off the farm plan without even thinking or assessing anything because it was important for the farmers. We had done this despite not making any pre-election promise. But this government led by Fadnavis is not doing it even as they have made the promise before the polls,” he said.

“Now CM is checking a muhurat to announce waving of the farm. He said if now the loan is waived off then banks will be benefited and hence the government will do it in June. I want to ask the simple question, in June how would the banks would not be benefited. On top of it, if the government plans to waive loans next June, should farmers keep paying the instalments till then?,”Thackeray asked while addressing farmers in Pali village of Beed district.

The former chief minister also demanded an immediate loan waiver and demanded ₹50,000 per hectare compensation for flood and rain affected farmers. Uddhav termed the government’s recently announced ₹31,628-crore relief package “a mockery’ of farmers and demanded an immediate release of the relief promised under the ₹31,628-crore package announced last month.

In response to Thackeray’s  criticism, Fadnavis hit back while speaking to reporters in Kolhapur, saying the Uddhav was “only interested in criticism and incapable of presenting even a single development idea” “Thackeray can’t move beyond taunting and criticising the government and making jibes. He can never speak about development ideas.  I have said it earlier, if anyone shows me that he(Uddhav) is speaking about any development idea then a prize money would be given. But  It’s good that, at least now he has at least started stepping out of his house,” the CM said.

During his interactions with farmers in several villages, several farmers complained that despite damage assessments being completed, no compensation had been credited to their accounts.