Mumbai, October 1 (IANS) Shiv Sena Udhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday demanded that the Maharashtra government immediately gave a compensation of 50,000 per hectare to the farmers and damaged the houses to damage the houses, the states. “So, is the BJP -led government waiting for all farmers to join the Bharatiya Janata Party to forgive these loans?” He taunted.
He slammed the Maharashtra government for not announcing crop loan exemption despite repeated demands by farmers and opposition parties.
“If the government is guaranteeing hundreds of thousands of Chinese tycoon after joining the BJP, it means that if they are default on their debt, the government will pay that money, which means the general public will pay.
“Maharashtra is facing heavy rain crisis. I have also requested the government with folded hands that we can all come together and get out of this crisis without bringing politics in it. But the government is not ready for it. The Larch is left in the Lurch,” CM Devendra Fadnavis and his two Deputies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar claimed Thakur.
He further expressed displeasure over the banks giving notice to the farmers for recovery of debt, saying that it would kill the producers badly.
Udhav Thackeray commented, “Farmers cannot get loans without mortgaging.
Thackeray also read a letter written by Devendra Fadnavis in his capacity on October 16, 2020 during the tenure of the Maha Vikas Aghdi government as the Leader of the Opposition, demanding the announcement of wet drought. He also demanded that the Mahayati government should now announce wet droughts.
Udhav Thackeray demanded, “Call it wet drought or drought of your imagination, whatever you call it, farmers are in trouble today. Farmers should be provided with the help of Rs 50,000 per hectare immediately. A new rural plan should be announced soon like PMAU,” Udhav Thackeray demanded.
Instead of using “the word” wet drought “, I used the word” disaster-hit “. How can you deny the crisis because there is no mention of wet drought. Can you deny the loss because the word” wet drought “is not in the government’s manual.
Thackeray said that the government should not dance paper horses during the current crisis. “Schools in flood affected areas should be opened immediately, there is a problem of spreading diseases. The Prime Minister is providing free food grains to 80 million people of the country, but what all this grows is destroyed.
Thackeray criticized the Maharashtra government for his decision to cut sugarcane by Rs 5 per ton, and for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, Rs 10 per ton, Rs 15 per ton, Rs 15 per ton.
“You have given Amnesty to Chinese Tycoon, we are demanding crop loan exemption for poor farmers. The time has come for farmers to mortgage their land and ‘mangalsutra’. Currently, farmers are cumbersome with debt due to loss of crops and they put further burden with a cut of Rs 15 per tonne,” he said.
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