NANDED/PARBHANI (MAHARASHTA): The country needs farmers as much as it needs industrialists but under the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi , farmers' suicides have increased in the country, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said in Maharashtra on Friday. "In the past three years, 9,000 farmers ended their lives in Maharashtra... India's farmers have been under attack all over the country. "What is the need for asking the caste of the farmers for loan waiver... why should they be made to stand in long queues?" "Under the 'Make In India', Modi had said two crore youths would be given jobs, but in reality, there are zero job opportunities created. "The government does not want the names of Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi...

Source: Economic Times September 08, 2017 14:48 UTC