Bhujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati flayed the Shivraj Singh Chouhan Government in Madhya Pradesh for atrocities against farmers and the killing of six farmers in police firing in Mandsaur on Wednesday.
“My party condemns the act of the MP Government and we fully support the farmers’ demand. The BSP unit of MP was keeeping a close tab on the situation in Mandsaur and other places,” asserted Mayawati in a Press release issued in lucknow
on Thursday.
The BSP chief charged the BJP Government at the Centre and the States of trying to crush farmers stir which led to a tragedy in Mandsaur.
“The farmers in the country are facing severe hardships and they are under huge burden of loans. It should be the Union Government’s priority to write off farm loans immediately,” she demanded.
Alleging that the Modi Government at the Centre was promoting big industrial houses while all promises to end farmers’ woes have taken backseat, Mayawai said that due to Opposition pressure, the NDA Government could not amend land Acquisition law in favour of Modi’s industrialist friends.
Expressing grief over killing of unarmed farmers in Mandsaur, BSP chief alleged that Governments in various BJP-ruled States have adopted oppressive measures against farmers.
Meanwhile, the UP Congress also criticised the killing of innocent farmers and burnt the effigy of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister in lukcnow on Thursday.