Farmers’ suicide issue rocks K’taka Assembly

The issue of farmers’ suicide rocked the Assembly on Monday with BJP members entering the Well of the House, demanding a debate on it and dubbing the Siddaramaiah government as “anti-farmer”.

As the House met for the day, Opposition BJP Leader Jagadish Shettar raised the issue of repeated incidents of farmers suicides, with many incidents reported in the sugar belt of Mandya district. “Farmers are losing hope, <g data-gr-id="8">government</g> is not seriously taking steps to control it, day by day farmer suicides are increasing,” he said.