Farmers who commit suicide are cowards, says Min BC Patil


PTI, Dec 3, 2020, 5:26 PM IST

Bengaluru: Karnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil on Thursday said the farmers who commit suicide are cowards.

“The farmers who commit suicide are cowards. Only a coward who can’t take care of his wife and children commits suicide. When we have fallen (in the water), we have to swim and win,” Patil said addressing farmers at Ponnampet in Kodagu district of Karnataka.

The Minister was explaining to bamboo growers of Ponnampet how profitable the agriculture business is, but some cowards do not realise that and commit suicide.

To buttress his point, Patil cited an example of a woman who was wearing gold bangles.

“When I enquired with her how her hands were full of gold bangles, you know what she said? She said, ‘This mother earth has given me for my 35 years of toil,’ Doesn’t this please you all after listening to this?” Patil told the gathering.

He said when a woman who had depended herself entirely on agriculture and achieved big why other farmers cannot do it.

Reacting to this, Congress Karnataka unit spokesperson VS Ugrappa condemned the Minister’s statement, saying he has shown disrespect to the farming community.

“It’s a disrespect to the farmers. He should apologise for it,” Ugrappa said.

He said the Minister should have gone into the subject to find why some farmers commit suicide.

“No farmer wishes to end life. There are many reasons such as floods and droughts, which have not been understood and solved yet. Instead of understanding the gravity of the problem, the Minister gives such an irresponsible statement,” Ugrappa said.

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