Bollywood actor Nana Patekar on Thursday said that farmers were not beggars and they need emotional support along with financial support to resolve the issue of farmers' suicide in Maharashtra.

Farmers are not beggars, don't need just loan waivers: Nana Patekar

The BJP on Monday claimed 95 per cent of the farm loan beneficiaries in Madhya Pradesh have got benefits of up to mere Rs 15,000 and not to the tune of Rs 2 lakh as claimed by the ruling Congress.

Madhya Pradesh farmers got benefits of up to Rs 15,000, not Rs 2 lakh: BJP

Dubbing the loan waivers announced by the Congress governments as "political stunts", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that a majority of farmers do not benefit from these "misleading" announcements as only a few of them take loans from banks.

Loan waivers do not benefit majority of farmers: PM Modi

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The Congress promised to waive off loans to farmers in the run-up to the recent Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, and won the right to rule those states.

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Assembly election results in five states reflect the anger of the farmers who have waited for four-and-a-half years for the government to fulfil their poll promise of loan waiver and minimum support price (MSP) for the crops in accordance with the Swaminathan report.

Farmers' woes: Without MSP hike, loan waivers won't end agrarian crisis

Jaitley asked whether Rahul was being 'inadequately briefed' or whether he was being a little too 'liberal with his facts'. He then went on to fact-check Rahul's speech

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Burdened with the task of producing cheap food for the nation, Indian farmers reside below poverty line

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Arun Jaitley clarified that states can utilise their own resources if they want to waive off farmers' loans

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