Rahul tweets condolences over farmer's suicide... 24 hours later

June 11, 2015 18:45

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi wakes up to the suicide of Punjab farmer Surjit Singh, a day on. @OfficeOfRG tweets: "Extremely sad to hear of the death of Sardar Surjit Singh who I met when I visited Punjab. My deepest condolences to his family. Farmers in our country are in deep distress. I urge the Modi-Badal Govt to take action & not continue to ignore their plight."

The farmer, who Rahul met on April 28, asked him to raise the farmers' issue in the Lok Sabha. Yesterday, burdened by mounting debts and two failed crops, Singh reportedly committed suicide.

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