Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok has said that his party will move a motion during the winter session in Belagavi on crop loss compensation to be paid to farmers who have lost their standing crops to drought and the need for waiving crop loans borrowed by farmers.
“For the first time after assuming office as Leader of Opposition, I have visited Kalaburagi district and interacted with farmers. Those who have lost their crops to drought have complained that they have not received any crop loss compensation. I came to know that farmers are in distress due to drought and they are not in a condition to repay loans borrowed from banks. We will raise these issues in the Belagavi winter session of the Legislature,” Mr. Ashok told media representatives at Pala village in the district on Tuesday.
When asked about the BJP-led Union government’s role and contribution in the farm loan waiver and crop loss compensation, the BJP leader said that H.D. Kumaraswamy had, when he was Chief Minister, waived farm loans without waiting for the Union government’s assistance.
