Cong to stall monsoon session of legislature on farmers' issue

Opposition Congress will aggressively raise the demand for waiving off farmers' loans during the forthcoming session of Maharashtra legislature and stall its proceedings over government's failure to address the "plight" of agriculturists.
"The Congress will not let the state legislature function over the demand for loan waiver to farmers. To highlight the plight of the distressed farmers, the Congress will stall both the Houses," said former state unit party President Manikrao Thakre.
The monsoon session is scheduled to be held from July 13 to July 31.
Thakre said the incumbent MPCC chief Ashok Chavan will announce the party's strategy on launching an agitation for farmers during a rally scheduled to be held in Yavatmal on Saturday.

He accused the BJP-led NDA government in Maharashtra of failing to provide any relief to distressed farmers.
"The administration has miserably failed to address the issue of a string of suicides by farmers which continue unabated," Thakre said referring to Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis' visit to family members of a deceased farmer in Vidarbha in March. The widow of the farmer recently ended her life due to indebtedness.

He said a largescale resentment prevails among farmers not only in Vidarbha but in Marathwada and western Maharashtra as their agricultural produce is not getting adequate market rates.
Responding to a query on a row surrounding Education Minister Vinod Tawde's BE 'degree', Thakre said the BJP leader should resign immediately.

Congress has termed Tawde's degree as bogus as a private institute in Pune from where he acquired it is not recognised either by the UGC or AICTE.