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It is shamefully obvious that both the Congress led ruling alliance as well as the opposition are only thinking about themselves, the next elections and grabbing the credit for the sops expected for the farmers in the Union Budget. The elections next year are more important to our calculating politicians than the plight of the farmers. The frequent reports of Indian farmers committing suicide mean little to the callous politicians beyond the smell of another political opportunity. Inspite of the Prime Minister having made several trips to the Vidharbha region and promised effective steps to help out the farmer community, the trend has not been arrested.
The collective low mentality of our politicians and their total disregard for the actual issue at hand-the well being of the farmers- is reflected in the statement of Parliamentary Affairs minister P R Dasmunsi when he said that the opposition is trying to send out a message that if the budget is good, then it is because of their effort. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data from studies between 1997-2005 reveals that - and this is a conservative estimate - 1.5 lakh farmers committed suicide all over India with countless farmers abandoning agriculture. Why should it matter to him what the opposition thinks? If the budget is good for the farmers, his government would have justified its existence, at least for a deserving segment of the population. But that is of least importance to the minister who had joined hands with Anbumani Ramadoss to oust the Director of AIIMS disregarding the detrimental impact his actions would have on the finest medical institute in the country. With such lopsided priorities and twisted approach of our politicians to the country’s problems, is it any wonder that farmers continue to commit suicide and some people even go hungry in grain surplus India?
It is shamefully obvious that both the Congress led ruling alliance as well as the opposition are only thinking about themselves, the next elections and grabbing the credit for the sops expected for the farmers in the Union Budget. The elections next year are more important to our calculating politicians than the plight of the farmers. The frequent reports of Indian farmers committing suicide mean little to the callous politicians beyond the smell of another political opportunity. Inspite of the Prime Minister having made several trips to the Vidharbha region and promised effective steps to help out the farmer community, the trend has not been arrested.
The collective low mentality of our politicians and their total disregard for the actual issue at hand-the well being of the farmers- is reflected in the statement of Parliamentary Affairs minister P R Dasmunsi when he said that the opposition is trying to send out a message that if the budget is good, then it is because of their effort. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data from studies between 1997-2005 reveals that - and this is a conservative estimate - 1.5 lakh farmers committed suicide all over India with countless farmers abandoning agriculture. Why should it matter to him what the opposition thinks? If the budget is good for the farmers, his government would have justified its existence, at least for a deserving segment of the population. But that is of least importance to the minister who had joined hands with Anbumani Ramadoss to oust the Director of AIIMS disregarding the detrimental impact his actions would have on the finest medical institute in the country. With such lopsided priorities and twisted approach of our politicians to the country’s problems, is it any wonder that farmers continue to commit suicide and some people even go hungry in grain surplus India?
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