How will govt avenge farmer suicides: Shiv Sena

“The farmers’ welfare schemes will be announced during the campaigns, but farmers would continue to face the issues. The government took revenge for our jawans killed in the Pulwama attack and is being praised for it. Like our jawans, the farmers are also dying. How will you take revenge of their suicides?” asked Sena.

The Sena referred to the news of three farmers committing suicide in Beed district and termed it as very disturbing. While the government claims that the farmers’ income has doubled, why were the farmers dying, it asked.

In the last two months, 18 farmers have committed suicides in the Nanded district. The current drought situation in Marathwada and Vidarbha is worse than the 1972 drought. Out of 350 tehsils, 180 tehsils have been declared as drought-hit, it added.
The Sena said the farmers had lost crops and cows and the Gaurakshaks should find out what was happening to the cows. “We have become deaf due to war and election fever and have forgotten several major issues,” it added.