Stalin wants to know why Modi had no time for the farmers

May 21, 2017 15:20

DMK Working President MK Stalin today wondered how Prime Minister Narendra Modi could meet AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) leader O Panneerselvam but not the farmers or himself, who wanted to take up their cause with him.

Stalin said he was not finding fault with the meeting between Modi and the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in Delhi two days ago, but sought to know why he had no time for farmers from the state, who had been staging protest in the national capital for long.

"What I am asking is, you (PM) are aware of the plight of farmers who are facing so many difficulties. They held protest in Delhi for almost 50 days."

"But the prime minister never gave an appointment to them.. They said you (PM) may not heed their demands but at least give an audience for their satisfaction to hear them out," he said.

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