13-05-2025
Shetti accuses govt of abandoning farmers, warns of statewide protest
Pune: President of
Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna
Raju Shetti
on Tuesday accused the govt of abandoning farmers while they were in claimed that eight farmers die by suicide in the state daily because of the govt's failure to provide any relief it promised.
He warned that the entry of Mahayuti ministers would be stopped in rural parts of the state if the govt did not announce any compensation for parts of the state have been witnessing unseasonal rain of late, causing significant damage to many crops and adding to farmers' woes. Shetti said, "Farmers invested a lot in vegetables and fruits like mango, grapes and banana, but they incurred huge losses because of unseasonal rain. The govt has not taken any proactive measures such as carrying out panchnama of their farms and announcing compensation."The farmers' leader also accused the Mahayuti govt of betraying the farming community. Shetti said, "During the election campaign, the members of Mahayuti made tall promises such as
farm loan waiver
, better prices and other facilities.
After coming to power, they have taken a complete U-turn by denying loan waiver and scrapping the crop insurance scheme."He said, "The soybean farmers incurred a loss of Rs15,000 crore in a year. Even the cotton farmers are facing similar problems. While the govt has abandoned the community, nearly eight farmers die by suicide in the state every day. Therefore, we have decided to organise a statewide agitation.
Even if we are compelled to take the law into our own hands, we are ready to do so, but we will stop all the ministers from entering rural parts soon." Even Congress has criticised the state and central govts for neglecting the farmers' issues. Senior member of the party, Vijay Wadettiwar, said, "While Maharashtra is a major contributor to GST, the central govt is doing injustice to the state by not giving enough funds. The Mahayuti has failed to get any relief for farmers from the Centre despite BJP being in the govt at both the Centre and the state." Pune: President of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna Raju Shetti on Tuesday accused the govt of abandoning farmers while they were in claimed that eight farmers die by suicide in the state daily because of the govt's failure to provide any relief it promised. He warned that the entry of Mahayuti ministers would be stopped in rural parts of the state if the govt did not announce any compensation for parts of the state have been witnessing unseasonal rain of late, causing significant damage to many crops and adding to farmers' woes. Shetti said, "Farmers invested a lot in vegetables and fruits like mango, grapes and banana, but they incurred huge losses because of unseasonal rain. The govt has not taken any proactive measures such as carrying out panchnama of their farms and announcing compensation."The farmers' leader also accused the Mahayuti govt of betraying the farming community. Shetti said, "During the election campaign, the members of Mahayuti made tall promises such as farm loan waiver, better prices and other facilities. After coming to power, they have taken a complete U-turn by denying loan waiver and scrapping the crop insurance scheme."He said, "The soybean farmers incurred a loss of Rs15,000 crore in a year. Even the cotton farmers are facing similar problems. While the govt has abandoned the community, nearly eight farmers die by suicide in the state every day. Therefore, we have decided to organise a statewide agitation. Even if we are compelled to take the law into our own hands, we are ready to do so, but we will stop all the ministers from entering rural parts soon." Even Congress has criticised the state and central govts for neglecting the farmers' issues. Senior member of the party, Vijay Wadettiwar, said, "While Maharashtra is a major contributor to GST, the central govt is doing injustice to the state by not giving enough funds. The Mahayuti has failed to get any relief for farmers from the Centre despite BJP being in the govt at both the Centre and the state."
