Maharashtra govt should help farmers facing crop losses: Anil Deshmukh

Senior Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader Anil Deshmukh on Sunday asked the Maharashtra government to help the orange and sweet lime growers affected by unseasonal rains and cotton farmers who were not getting the right price for their produceFormer Maharashtra minister Deshmukh was addressing a press conference in Nagpur to inform about the Vajramuth rally of Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA which comprises the NCP Congress and Shiv Sena UBT to be held here on April 16To a query on unseasonal rains in Vidarbha and other parts of Maharashtra over the last few days and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis currentlty on a visit to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh Deshmukh said while the farmers are facing trouble the CM his deputy and other government leaders have gone for dev darshan to seek blessings of GodIt is not wrong one can go for dev darshan but the problems faced by farmers should not be ignored In such times the government should be there to address their problems he saidDeshmukh claimed the cotton growers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions were in troubleA huge stock of cotton was lying with the farmers Cotton was imported in a large quantity and the growers in Maharashtra did not get a proper price for their produce he saidThe NCP demands that the government come forward to help the cotton growers in the state he saidIN PHOTOS Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Devendra Fadnavis visit AyodhyaDeshmukh also said that orange and sweet lime growers from Vidarbha who had faced losses due to unseasonal rains were still waiting for compensationThe NCP leader also said that preparations for the MVAs rally scheduled on April 16 were in full swingIt will be a huge rally which would be addressed by two prominent leaders of each constituent of the MVA he saidThe opposition alliance has planned to hold joint rallies in all seven revenue divisions of the stateThe first rally of MVA was held in Aurangabad on April 2State NCP chief Jayant Patil last month said the message of unity needs to percolate to the grassroots while admitting the MVA faces a double challenge of defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party by staying united as well as strengthening its own grassroot cadreThis process will smoothen after the MVA holds joint rallies in the state Patil had saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever