Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday lashed out at the Congress-NCP and reminded them that protesting farmers were fired upon by police near Pune during their regime.
The opposition parties have been targeting the Devendra Fadnavis government claiming 16,000 farmers have committed suicide, while the ruling party has hit back stating that its farm loan waiver scheme was the biggest ever in the country.
Addressing a rally in Indapur, Irani said, "I remember farmers were fired at and killed near Pune by the Congress-led (Maharashtra) government. Now they are questioning Fadnavis government which has given loan waivers."