Farmers are committing suicide throughout India on account of loss of crop in addition to several other agrarian causes but a statement from a Maharashtra BJP MP has shaken the whole country wherein he mocks such a somber problem and calls it fashion. This comment came when the state is already witnessing crisis on account of suicide of 124 farmers this year.
In the words of MP Gopal Shetty, “All farmer suicides are not only because of hunger and unemployment. There is a fashion, a trend is on. If Maharashtra government is giving Rs 5 lakh, another government is giving Rs 7 lakh, Rs 8 lakh. There is a competition going on to give money to farmers.”
Congress has condemned this remark by calling it “insensitive” and as per Sanjay Nirupam, MRCC president, “At a time when Maharashtra is undergoing its worst-ever agrarian crisis, Shetty’s remarks show how insensitive he and his party are towards thousands of farmers who have committed suicide due to debt and crop failure.”
Twitter has also reacted over the statement of BJP MP Gopal Shetty:
124 farmer suicide in Jan. Today PM will be talking on Bima Yojna but BJP MP Gopal Shetty feels suicides r a fashionhttps://t.co/QLv0qDoJXw
— Mrs Anjali Damania (@anjali_damania) February 18, 2016
Reality of their ideology! Gopal Shetty BJP MP – Farmer suicide has become a fashion & Govts are competing to give compensation to farmers!
— Jayant Singh (@jayantrld) February 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/AAFTABSHAIKH2/status/700307132135141376
BJP MP Gopal Shetty किसान बेरोज़गारी/गरीबी से आत्महत्या नहीं कर रहे. आजकल आत्महत्या करनेका फैशन है. मुआफ्ज़ा पाने के लिए आत्महत्या कर रहे
— Preeti Sharma Menon (@PreetiSMenon) February 17, 2016
*Slow Claps & Stand Up* Kudos to BJP MP Gopal Shetty for taking Level of Stupidity 2 a new High #RegretsVotingForBJP https://t.co/lQv3bWE63O
— Pia and 2 Others (@DatTypeOfGurl) February 18, 2016
Fashion among farmers to commit suicide, says BJP MP Gopal Shetty …people like me who voted Modi are getting disillusioned.
— QueenBee (@VaidehiTaman) February 18, 2016
RT Madhu03_: So according to BJP MP Gopal Shetty, farmers suicide is fashion?? AAP volunteers demanding FIR aapkip… https://t.co/EUz9sUZrbQ
— Divyang Pathak (@Aapkadivyang) February 18, 2016
Fashion among farmers to commit suicide: BJP MP Gopal Shetty https://t.co/JA0q1ZUA1z#IndiaAgainstBJP
— AMMOLH KHODKAY (@AmolvKhodke) February 18, 2016
Have you BJP MP Gopal Shetty lost your senses… Is this arrogance, insensitive, ignorance or just being shameless https://t.co/PQFOpZGxep
— Mrs Anjali Damania (@anjali_damania) February 18, 2016
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