Congress to raise Shahjahanpur farmer’s suicide in Rajya Sabha

Bareilly | Tuesday | 31st July, 2018

Summary:

They said their party would raise the matter in the Rajya Sabha The farmer’s son Dileep Dikshit told the Congress leaders that the administration “has not provided any relief to my family”. He died after being dumped by the district administration and even chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The delay in payment increased his debt burden from Rs 1.94 to Rs 2.18 lakh. His name was in the list of beneficiaries, but had been dropped at the last moment. “My loan was not waived even though I was eligible,” he had mentioned in his suicide note.Congress leaders, who visited the bereaved family on Monday, slammed the district administration for its negligence and demanded a probe by an independent committee into the matter..