"1200 farmers have committed suicide...", BJP ups ante on Congress govt in Karnataka
Politics over farmers heats up in Delhi as BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia says, "1200 farmers have committed suicide in Karnataka...Their only fault was that they believed in the promises made by Rahul Gandhi and the Congress government of Karnataka...Has Rahul Gandhi expressed any concern about the death of 1200 farmers?"
"... In the manifesto of the Congress party in Karnataka, they promised to take adequate steps for the welfare of farmers...Where is Rahul Gandhi hiding? Why is he not meeting the farmers of Karnataka? Why is no action taken against Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar when he claims that the families of farmers are lying?... On one hand, under the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Rs 3 lakh 25 thousand has been deposited in the bank accounts of farmers whereas on the other hand, the UPA government had done a scam after making a promise of loan waiver of Rs 50 thousand crores...Out of the 59 major promises made by the Congress government, they have only fulfilled two of them...", he said.