CPI(M) chief Sitaram Yechury accused PM Modi of betraying farmers

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of betraying farmers despite "signing letters of promises" and said their agitation across the country would continue.

About 50,000 farmers from 23 districts are expected to participate in a long march that starts from Nashik on Wednesday. It will culminate in Mumbai on February 27.

"Modi and BJP state governments are busy with just Jumlas. They betrayed the Annadaata, despite giving signed letters and making promises. But our Kisans won't give up. The March to Mumbai resumes. #KisanLongMarch," Yechury wrote on Twitter. 

Modi’s and BJP state governments are busy with just Jumlas. They betrayed the Annadaata, despite giving signed letters and making promises. But our Kisans won’t give up. The March to Mumbai resumes. #KisanLongMarch https://t.co/W8eR4QmKOb

— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) February 20, 2019

The farmers are staging a march demanding farm loan waiver, minimum support price, irrigation facilities, and pension.

Last year too, nearly 30,000 farmers had marched from Nashik to Mumbai in order to get their problems redressed.