In a scathing attack on the two-month-old Congress government in Punjab, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has stated that 42 farmers have committed suicide allegedly because of the chief minister’s failure to fulfil his pre-poll promise of waiving farmer loans.
At the same time, the BJP, which is in power in Maharashtra, has failed to take note that at least 316 farmers have committed suicide in the state’s Marathwada region in the first four months of this year.
Farmers from Tamil Nadu sat on dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for more than 40 days for their demands, but no Union
