Mumbai
The suicide of a farmer in Vidarbha’s Yavatmal district has put the Maharashtra Government in a spot, as in his suicide note, he asked people not to vote for Congress and NCP, th
e ruling alliance partners in the state, as they don’t "care" for farmers.
"Don’t vote for the Congress and NCP; they don’t care for farmers," 45-year-old Gajanan Ghotekar wrote in the suicide note before consuming pesticide last week at village Kothwada in the district.
Ghotekar killed himself as he could not repay a loan of over a lakh rupees. He had bought a tractor, but could not pay for it. He was also under stress over his daughter’s marriage.
"They (Congress-NCP) will ruin the country," the farmer wrote, according to an official.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, said a case of abetting suicide should be filed against the government.
