Yogendra Yadav slams govt's 'double standards' towards farmers

July 01, 2017 18:10

Swaraj Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav today criticised the Centre for its stand against farm loan waivers and said an attitude of "double standards" has been meted out towards farmers.

"Morale of loan waivers are not discussed when it comes to bailouts to telecom industry and also when the previous government bailed out Indian industry in 2009. I find double standards when it comes to farmers," Yadav said.

Ge said the country owed debt to farmers as the prices of their produce have been kept artificially low.

"The country owes debt to farmers. For the last 50 years, the prices of farm products have been artificially kept low because of which farmers faced losses," he said.

Accumulated debt of farmers is nothing short of Rs 50 lakh crore, and farmers are demanding just a fraction of it, he added.

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