90% farmers have got benefit of loan waiver: Maharashtra BJP-chief
Maharashtra BJP chief Raosaheb Danve has claimed that nearly 90% of farmers in the state have got the benefit of the government's loan waiver announced last year. His statement came after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray claimed at a rally in Pandharpur town of Solapur district yesterday that benefits of the government's crop insurance and debt waiver scheme have not reached the cultivators.
Loan waivers going on accordingly, process still underway: Danve
The state government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had in June 2017 unveiled a mega Rs. 34,022 crore farm loan waiver scheme that will see the debt of up to Rs. 1.5 lakh per farmer being written off. "Loan waivers are going on accordingly. 90% of farmers have got the benefit of loan waiver in Maharashtra. The process is still underway," said Danve.
'Government has undertaken schemes to stop farmer suicides in state'
Danve said wheat was being distributed at Rs. 2 per kg and rice at Rs. 3 per kg in the state's 14 districts hit by farmer suicides. "The government has undertaken various schemes to stop farmer suicides in the state," the BJP chief said.
We haven't started talks with Sena, says Danve on alliance
To a query on possible seat-sharing with the Shiv Sena for the next year's Lok Sabha polls, Danve said, "So far we have not started talks with the Sena, but the talks may take place in future." During his rally yesterday in Solapur district, Thackeray did not give any indication of aligning with the BJP for elections in future.
Sena is currently an ally of BJP at Center, Maharashtra
The state BJP chief, while talking to reporters in Nagpur yesterday, claimed that people want the two saffron parties to stay together, and jointly contest the upcoming polls. The Shiv Sena is currently an ally of the BJP-led governments at the Center and in Maharashtra.
