With the fourth farmer death taking place in the State, the leader of opposition in the Vidhan Sabha and Haldwani MlA Indira Hridayesh lambasted the state government opining that the government doesn’t appear sensitive towards the death of farmers in Uttarakhand. The Congress party will hold a demonstration on July 6 in Dehradun to warn the state government on the issue of farmer deaths.
Based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement during the elections regarding loan waiver for farmers, the Uttar Pradesh Government can provide a loan waiver to farmers so why can Uttarakhand government also do so, she questioned. The leader of opposition further stated that the State Government should immediately provide Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia to the bereaved family.