Farmers' advocacy group Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS) today attacked NDA government over alleged farmers' suicide in the country saying the crop growers should be "shifted" to one of the foreign nations to which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has granted loans.
"It pains and shocks us to see Modi giving money to every country that he visits without making a single visit to the Vidarbha region where more than 1,300 farmers committed suicide last year. His election promise of waiving farm loans and granting fresh farm credit to indebted farmers has turned out to be an empty one," VJAS convenor Kishor Tiwari told reporters here.
Tiwari said that on Modi's recent visit to Mongolia, he announced a credit line of USD 1 billion for its economic capacity and infrastructure as well as announced a fresh line of credit of USD 2 billion to Bangladesh.
"Thus, to get a fresh farm credit, we urge Modi to shift us to either Mongolia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Nepal, Fiji or Sri Lanka so that the agrarian crisis comes to an end," he said.
He said that it is "shameful" for the Indian government to give credit to other countries at a time when it has refused to give any money to farmers in Maharashtra citing financial constraints.
