State Congress has alleged that the suicide by a peasant in Raisen district of the State exposes Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's hollow claims of making agriculture a profitable business in the State and achieving highest agriculture growth rate in the country stands exposed.
leader of opposition in the State Assembly Ajay Singh in a statement here on Wednesday said, "The profitable agriculture business has become loss bearing business for the farmers and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government of the State has become death bed for them."
Singh citing the news of committing suicide by another farmer after being failed to repay bank loan in Raisen district alleged that the incident exposed the ruling BJP's claim of making agriculture a profitable industry. "The State Government is claiming to have achieved 18 per cent agriculture growth and making agriculture as profitable business but the peasant Pejan Singh Yadav's suicide shows an altogether different picture. The incident had not only exposed the reality but also proved that it became a loss-making industry in the State," he said in a statement. Singh said that ryots are killing themselves after being failed to repay loans or due to other related reasons. He alleged that the debt-ridden farmers are facing financial crisis. They also did not receive compensation in time after their crops were damaged owing to hailstorm and frost, he alleged. The leader of opposition said that the Chief Minister who was known as 'paon paon wale bhaiya' before assuming power in the State has become aerial man and has deviated from the ground realities.