Farmers killing themselves to 'welcome' CM: Pawar on Buldhana

A day after a man hanged himself in Maharashtra's Buldhana district wearing a BJP poll T-shirt, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday taunted that farmers were committing suicide to 'welcome' Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to their constituencies.

Police on Sunday said 38-year-old farmer Raju Talware was found hanging at his residence in Khatkhed in Shegaon taluka, part of Jalgaon (Jamod) Assembly seat.

Fadnavis was on tour in Buldhana at the time when the man's body was found.

Addressing a rally at Vaijapur near here, Pawar said, "This is a result of ill effects of the BJP regime" and asked the gathering "shouldn't this change".

Pointing out that the farmer was wearing a BJP promotional T-shirt, he said, "The man who ended his life wanted to indicate that farmers are suffering because of this government."