Chidambaram slams anti-farmer Shivraj government
Sunday - June 10, 2018 10:36 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Chidambaram slams anti-farmer Shivraj government
New Delhi June 10 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday slammed the "anti-farmer" Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in Madhya Pradesh as two more farmers died standing in queues at the mandis.
He also said bulk of the farmers don t get minimum support price (MSP) and that is why they are driven to commit suicide.
"Indian Express has a story of two farmers dying and two farmers waiting for 6 days to get their grain weighed at a mandi in MP. Speaks volumes about the anti-farmer government " he said in tweets.
"The bulk of the farmers don t get the MSP. That problem has not been fixed. Now you know why many farmers are driven to commit suicide".
The heading of the story is - "No. 234 in the mandi queue: A story of a father and a son in line for six days."
--IANS sid/vd
He also said bulk of the farmers don t get minimum support price (MSP) and that is why they are driven to commit suicide.
"Indian Express has a story of two farmers dying and two farmers waiting for 6 days to get their grain weighed at a mandi in MP. Speaks volumes about the anti-farmer government " he said in tweets.
"The bulk of the farmers don t get the MSP. That problem has not been fixed. Now you know why many farmers are driven to commit suicide".
The heading of the story is - "No. 234 in the mandi queue: A story of a father and a son in line for six days."
--IANS sid/vd
