nMinister for Industries and Commercial Tax (Excise) Kawasi Lakhma, who is also in-charge minister of Bastar district, expressed anguish over detention of two farmers of Bastar district in a false case of loan default, and asserted that the real culprits would soon be behind the bars.
Talking to media persons here at district headqurters on Wednesday, the minister said that the entire episode was a conspiracy of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Local BJP leaders, middle men and bank officials had jointly deceit the innocent farmers and took loans on their names, he alleged.
Though the loans taken by these farmers doesn’t come under farm loan waiver scheme as the money was borrowed for the purpose of drip irrigation, the Congress government would protect the interest of innocent farmers and bring them back from jail, Lakhma said.
He further assured that the Congress government in the state would ensure that the ‘innocent’ farmers are released in a day or two. Free legal assistance has been given to them, he added.