Farmers await actual aid, how can they celebrate Diwali with Rs 5,000, asks Aaditya Thackeray
Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Farmers await actual aid, how can they celebrate Diwali with Rs 5,000, asks Aaditya Thackeray Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Aaditya Thackeray with farmers during his visit to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka Farmers await actual aid, how can they celebrate Diwali with Rs 5,000, asks Aaditya Thackeray Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar : Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday slammed state govt over delayed drought relief and compensation, asking how farmers could celebrate Diwali with just Rs 5,000 in assistance. Farmers described govt’s Rs 5,000 aid as merely symbolic. “How can farmers celebrate Diwali with just Rs 5,000? Farmers need real assistance, not token announcements,” Thackeray said, alleging that farmers were yet to receive crop insurance claims from last year, compensation for excessive rainfall, benefits under the state’s Rs 32,000-crore relief package and promised loan waiver benefits. “Drought has been declared in 305 talukas, but farmers are still waiting for actual assistance. Taking a swipe at govt’s priorities in Nashik, Thackeray said, “There is money to spend Rs 20 crore on the Kumbh Mela Dhwajarohan, but there is no money to provide aid to farmers.
The farmer said he was finding it difficult to manage expenses for Diwali and was worried about bringing his daughters home for the festival due to financial constraints. Ambadas Danve, Chandrakant Khaire and Subhash Patil, along with former MLA Udaysingh Rajput, party workers and farmers, accompanied Thackeray during the visit. (With inputs from Tushar Pawar in Nashik) Stay updated with the latest Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar news.
Despite the same dispensation being in power at Centre and state, farmers are not getting justice,” he said. Reiterating support for the farming community, Thackeray said Sena (UBT) would organise a large protest march to hold govt accountable for the delay in relief measures. “Govt is raining announcements, but there continues to be a drought when it comes to actual assistance,” he said.
He warned of a massive protest march if their demands remained unmet. During visits to drought-affected Garaj village in Vaijapur taluka and Jehur village in Kannad taluka, Thackeray inspected soybean, tur, moong and cotton crops and interacted with farmers facing crop losses and financial distress. At Garaj, farmer Kaduba Tribhuvan recounted his family’s struggles after suffering agricultural losses. He made the statement after inspecting the soybean crop on the farm of Dattatray Ghodke at Manegaon village in Sinnar taluka. Download the TOI App.
