Mayawati asks BSP leaders to donate a month's salary

April 19, 2015 16:36

BSP supremo Mayawati today asked her party MPs and MLAs that instead of donating to the government, they should give as relief their one month salary directly to farmers affected by recent unseasonal rains and hailstorm in their respective constituencies.

"The farmers are going through a bad phase due to unexpected rain and hailstorm, but despite reports of suicides the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government were involved only in paperwork," Mayawati alleged in a statement here.

She directed the BSP MPs and MLAs that instead of donating their one month salary through government medium, they should provide the same directly to the families of such farmers as relief in their respective areas.

"The MPs and MLAs have been directed to distribute relief immediately so that farmers are not forced to commit suicide in lack of assistance by the Centre and the state government," she said.

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