Farmers have only one desire in their mind…
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- “Krishna (river) water is free, electricity is also free…”
- “CM Siddaramaiah’s Cabinet Full of ‘Idiots'”
- Minister Shivanand Patil has made controversial statements about farmers before.
Bengaluru:
A Karnataka minister has been embroiled in a controversy over his insensitive comments about farmers. In this he said that farmers wish for drought year after year, so that their loans can be waived.’ Addressing a gathering, State Sugarcane Development Minister Shivanand Patil said, “Krishna (river) water is free, electricity is also free. Many Chief Ministers have given free seeds and fertilizers. Farmers have only one wish. There is drought every year, so that Their debt can be forgiven.”
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Hitting out at the Congress government, the Karnataka BJP said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s cabinet is ‘full of idiots’. The BJP, in a post on ‘X’, said the “anti-farmer government” was mocking and insulting farmers.
in the state @siddaramaiah His cabinet is full of ignorant and ignorant people.
Farmers are killing themselves in search of relief money, Sugar Minister Shivanand Patil has said that farmers are now waiting for drought.
Farmers did not wait for the rains to come,… pic.twitter.com/LGQkVJWROu
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) December 25, 2023
Controversial statements have been made about farmers earlier too
After a video of minister Shivanand Patil making insensitive remarks in Kannada went viral, many social media users criticized the Congress ministers. Let us tell you that Shivanand Patil has been associated with controversies for a long time. In September this year, he courted controversy by saying that farmer suicides had increased in the state after the state government increased compensation for such deaths. He later said that he did not intend to hurt farmers’ sentiments and was only advising the media to wait for data before reporting on the number of farmer suicides.
Shivanand Patil represents Basawa Bagewadi in the Legislative Assembly. He was also embroiled in controversy when a video of him sitting at an event and others throwing notes in the air went viral on the internet. In the video, some notes were lying on his feet and the minister was seen sitting and talking without any worries. Patil then said that he did not throw the money and was only present at the wedding ceremony.
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