The govt’s policy is in favour of corporate, BJP MP Nana Patole resigned from Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI : A day before Gujarat goes to polls with BJP banking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity, a party MP from Maharashtra has resigned citing Mr Modi’s unpopularity. All central ministers “were always in a state of fear”
A BJP MP from Maharashtra’s Bhandara-Gondia constituency, Nana Patole, resigned from the party and the Lok Sabha today. Patole, in August, criticised the BJP-led Maharashtra government for the way it was implementing the farm loan waiver scheme. He said the government was insensitive to farmers’ problems and farmer suicides.
Nana Patole did not resign just because he was unhappy with the way farmer crisis was being handled, but because PM Modi’s way functioning did not go down well with him. Patole had criticised Narendra Modi earlier this year saying the prime minister does not like to take questions.
Patole, who joined the BJP in 2008.In the 2014 general elections, Patole won the Bhandara-Gondia constituency defeating NCP’s Praful Patel. Sources said that he may return to the Congress Party.
Nana Patole gave 14-point resignation letter accusing PM Modi and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis of pursuing anti-people policy. There has been an increase of 43 per cent in farmers’ suicides over the last one year.
The government had promised to give one-and-a-half times the existing price for produces to the farmers, but they are not getting adequate price.The state of unemployment is very serious while the government had promised to provide employment to 2 crore youths. The government has not taken any measure for employment generation. There has been 90 per cent reduction in government jobs.The state of economy is pathetic.
Crores of people were rendered jobless due to demonetisation. Youths have been thrown out of jobs from private banks. Small industries have almost shut down after GST.
The government has failed in providing reservation due to which SC/ST and OBC communities are in distress.
The provision to penalise poor for keeping less than minimum amount in bank accounts is not going down well with people. Even the LPG subsidy is being lost to penalty for non-maintenance of minimum amount in bank accounts.
Lack of compensation for the loss of crops. The farmers were asked to register their complaints online which is not in their favour.
The incidents of farmers’ suicide increased in the last three years. But, the government did not take measures to put a check on this trend.
The government’s policy is in favour of corporate world. It seems that the government’s intention is to favour contract and privatisation. (With Agency Inputs ).
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