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Coming down heavily on the Congress government over the remark, the BJP has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to take his resignation.
On the election road with Newslaundry.
Farmers’ rights activists in Telangana pointed out that the waiver promised before the previous election, and announced in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly polls, does not account for interest accrued since 2018.
Farmers of both Punjab and Haryana remain weighed under heavy debts as it rises many folds from one generation to another. Moneycontrol went to several districts of the two states and spoke to a host of farmers to get an assessment of the situation on ground.
The memorandum questioned, as to how farmers could repay their loans when procurement of wheat by government agencies had not started. Congress leaders said that farmers have no other sources of income.