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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | BJP MP says fashionable for farmers to commit suicide, sparks row

BJP MP says fashionable for farmers to commit suicide, sparks row

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published Published on Feb 18, 2016   modified Modified on Feb 18, 2016
-PTI

Mumbai: In controversial remarks, BJP MP Gopal Shetty has attributed farmers’ suicides to a “fashion” and “trend” to end lives. The remarks come at a time when Maharashtra is reeling under an agrarian crisis with 124 farmers committing suicide in the state since January.

“Not all farmers’ suicides happen due to unemployment and starvation. A fashion is going on. A trend is on,” Shetty, who represents north Mumbai, said after an event held in Borivili.

“If Maharashtra government is giving five lakh rupees as compensation, then some other government in neighbouring state is giving seven lakh,” he said.

“There’s a competition in these people in giving money (compensation) to farmers,” the first time MP said.

Condemning the comments, Congress said the “insensitive” remarks by Shetty show BJP’s “insensitivity” towards farmers.

“At a time when Maharashtra is undergoing its worst-ever agrarian crisis, Shetty’s remarks show how insensitive he and his party are towards thousands of farmers who have committed suicide due to debt and crop failure,” MRCC president Sanjay Nirupam said.

Notably, the state government had two days back informed the Bombay High Court that 124 farmers have committed suicide in the state since January this year. The HC had asked the Centre what kind of assistance it provides to the state to deal with the grim agrarian crisis. Observing that this was a serious issue, a bench headed by Justice Naresh Patil had asked the Additional Solicitor General to inform the High Court whether the Centre can chip in to provide schemes and financial help to the state to tide over the crisis.

Advocate General Srihari Aney had informed the bench that 124 farmers have taken their lives in the past one-and-half month, of whom 20 cases were reported from Osmanabad alone. The AG said factors such as crop failure due to scanty rainfall, meagre water supply for drinking and growing crops, insufficient capacity to repay loans and pressure from banks and money lenders were the causes that drove the farmers to commit suicide.

Hindustan Times, 18 February, 2016, http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/bjp-mp-says-it-s-fashionable-for-farmers-to-commit-suicide-sparks-row/story-FQwtcn4Pq3Ro9IDiCFp5OI.html


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