The State Congress has alleged that the apathetic attitude of the State Government in providing relief to debt-burdened farmers is leading to the peasants' suicides in the State.
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) general secretary and MlA Jitu Patwari here on Saturday said, “The suicides by the debt-ridden farmers in the State due to various reasons including crop damage, drought, frost, hailstorms and excessive rains, expose the apathetic attitude of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government of State towards farmers.”
He added that Chouhan who boasts of being a farmer's son in his rallies and public meetings however the continuous suicides of the farmers in the State reveal how he looks at the prosperity and happiness of the peasants. The series of suicides by farmers in State are not coming to an end and it is all due to the indifferent attitude of the BJP Government of the State towards the debt ridden farmers who have no option other than to take extreme step of giving up their lives.
He also alleged that the Union Minister Sushma Swaraj of not showing the humanity towards the farmers of her constituency who are left with no other option but to commit suicide that she showed to the tainted of IPl scam and having treason conduct lalit Modi and his wife, he added.
The Congress State general secretary said that dozens of farmers have committed suicide in the State after shock following their soybean crops were completely destroyed by the natural calamities.
He also alleged that the apathetic attitude of the Government has kept farmers with no option left other than killing themselves.
Expressing deep concern over the farmers' suicides the Congress leader demanded from the Chief Minister to adopt humanitarian view towards the plight of farmers immediately distributing compensation among them.