BJP protests ‘negligence’ over farmers’ issue

Nagpur: BJP leaders protested against the state government on Tuesday for what the party alleges is “negligence” over famers’ grievances. As part of a pre-announced agitation, senior BJP leaders Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Anil Bonde protested outside the chief minister (CM)’s official residence in Nagpur.
Bawankule said, “Over a thousand farmers had come here under the leadership of Bonde, but the police chased them away. Our farmers are getting treated as if we are under the Mughal or British rule. When Devendra Fadnavis was the state CM, never did any farmer have to wait for financial help in times of need.”
MLC Girish Vyas said, “Farmers are going through a tough time but the state government is not giving them financial assistance. The government wants to disconnect power supply to defaulting farmers, who are struggling to make ends meet. For farmers, this will be a black Diwali and it is the state government that is responsible for this.”