Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has urged Union Agriculture Minister and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar to resign from the Union cabinet and come to the state to protect the interest of farmers reeling under drought.
After visiting the house of farmer Gajanan Ghotekar, who recently committed suicide and blamed Congress and NCP for the plight of farmers in a suicide note, Thackeray told mediapersons here yesterday that he has appealed to the farmers not to vote for NCP and Congress. Uddhav met the family members of the deceased and promised to bear the expenses of his kids' education.
"Sharad Pawar ignores the farmers of Maharashtra while in the state but arranges farmers' rally in New Delhi and speaks in favour of them," Thackarey said, adding that Pawar should resign from his ministerial post first and take the farmers' issues to the street and fight for their cause.
On the controversial lower Paingananga irrigation project in Yavatmal, he said he had received a representation from anti-project activists and has sought report on it.
