Summary:
Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia on Saturday held the “wrong policies” of the Narendra Modi government for farmers' suicides in the country and also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should stop considering the farmers as a "vote-bank". Farmers are being crushed under a mountain of debt and are committing suicides due to wrong policies of the government. "Modi had promised that recommendations made by the Swaminathan Commission for farmers in its report will be implemented in toto. Commenting on the problems faced by the farmers in Gujarat, Togadia alleged the BJP government is favouring industries over farmers by supplying them with water and electricity. The government has also fooled farmers in the name of Minimum Support Price (MSP) declared recently", the former VHP leader said as quoted by news agency PTI..