Former PM Deve Gowda to fast in Delhi over farmers' plight

July 26, 2015 19:37

Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda will launch a hunger strike from tomorrow to highlight the problems being faced by farmers, amid rising numbers of suicides by them, including in his home state Karnataka. "Gowda will sit on an indefinite fast from Monday at Jantar Mantar in the national capital to draw the government's attention on the farmers' plight, as he has not been given an opportunity to speak on them in parliament so far," Janata Dal-Secular spokesperson Ramesh Babu said.

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