<p> The suicide of a farmer in Vidarbha’s Yavatmal district has put the Maharashtra government in a spot, as in his suicide note, he asked people not to vote for Congress and NCP, the ruling alliance partners in the state, as they don’t “care” for farmers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Don’t vote for the Congress and NCP; they don’t care for farmers,” 45-year-old Gajanan Ghotekar wrote in the suicide note before consuming pesticide last week at village Kothwada in the district.<br /><br />Ghotekar killed himself as he could not repay a loan of over a lakh rupees. He had bought a tractor, but could not pay for it. He was also under stress over his daughter’s marriage.<br /><br />“They (Congress-NCP) will ruin the country,” the farmer wrote, according to an official.<br />Meanwhile, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, in an editorial in party mouthpiece “Saamana”, said a case of abetting suicide should be filed against the government. <br /></p>
<p> The suicide of a farmer in Vidarbha’s Yavatmal district has put the Maharashtra government in a spot, as in his suicide note, he asked people not to vote for Congress and NCP, the ruling alliance partners in the state, as they don’t “care” for farmers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Don’t vote for the Congress and NCP; they don’t care for farmers,” 45-year-old Gajanan Ghotekar wrote in the suicide note before consuming pesticide last week at village Kothwada in the district.<br /><br />Ghotekar killed himself as he could not repay a loan of over a lakh rupees. He had bought a tractor, but could not pay for it. He was also under stress over his daughter’s marriage.<br /><br />“They (Congress-NCP) will ruin the country,” the farmer wrote, according to an official.<br />Meanwhile, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, in an editorial in party mouthpiece “Saamana”, said a case of abetting suicide should be filed against the government. <br /></p>