MUMBAI: Launching a scathing attack on the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra, leader of opposition Ajit Pawar said that farmers' suicides have jumped in its short tenure. He demanded a joint inspection committee of both assembly and council to study the impact of climate change on the farmers and file the report.
Speaking on the proposal moved by the opposition and treasury benches under Rule 293 on various issues plaguing the farming community on Friday, Pawar said during Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government their suicides were three per day, which had jumped to eight per day on an average till January this year in the chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis government.
