After he began his padayatra over farmers' issues in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region this morning, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is addressing the media.
Here are the highlights:
- This government is only of a few industrialists, not of farmers.
- We are with the farmers of Maharashtra.
- Some days ago in Parliament, the Agriculture Minister said that only three suicides have taken place.
- The MSP (Minimum Support Price) has not been increased and bonus is not being given.
- The biggest problem that farmers are facing are their loans.
- The general feeling is that the help which has to be given has not been given.
- Those who are indulging in suicide, it is because they are not able to pay their loans.
- I have come to Vidarbha earlier too, but I have not seen a situation like this.
- The government of Maharashtra and the Central government are ignoring the farmers.
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