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Pawar slams PM Modi's assurance of doubling farmers' income, claims suicides have doubled
Updated On: 11 August, 2024 02:52 PM IST | Solapur | mid-day online correspondent
NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that the BJP rule had witnessed the doubling of farmer suicides, despite Modi`s assurance of doubling the income of farmers.
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Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of failing to fulfil his promise to double farmers` income. Speaking at a rally in Barshi, Maharashtra, Pawar claimed that instead of increasing farmers` income, the BJP government`s tenure has seen a doubling of farmer suicides, reported PTI.
"The prime minister had promised to double the income of farmers, but instead, farmer suicides have doubled," he charged.
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