<div>Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today came under attack from the Aam Aadmi Party and the CPI (M) for his comment that seeking loan waivers had become a "fashion".<div><br /></div><div>While AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said the comment exposed his bias towards the rich, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury asked if the government would now term farmer suicides "fashionable".</div><div><br /></div><div>"Will this govt now say that Farmer suicides are also fashionable? We need to do more than loan waivers for our farmers, not mock at them. (sic)," Yechury tweeted.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kejriwal was equally scathing.</div><div><br /></div><div>"You don't see a fashion in it when you waive loans of the rich. But when it comes to waiving farmers' loans, you see it as a fashion. This is not right. You waive a particular individual's loan, but not that of crores of farmers. This shows the kind of politics you engage in," he told reporters.</div><div><br /></div><div>Urban Development Minister Naidu had said at an event in Mumbai today that seeking loan waivers had become a "fashion" now but it was not the final solution and should be considered in extreme situations. </div></div>
<div>Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today came under attack from the Aam Aadmi Party and the CPI (M) for his comment that seeking loan waivers had become a "fashion".<div><br /></div><div>While AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said the comment exposed his bias towards the rich, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury asked if the government would now term farmer suicides "fashionable".</div><div><br /></div><div>"Will this govt now say that Farmer suicides are also fashionable? We need to do more than loan waivers for our farmers, not mock at them. (sic)," Yechury tweeted.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kejriwal was equally scathing.</div><div><br /></div><div>"You don't see a fashion in it when you waive loans of the rich. But when it comes to waiving farmers' loans, you see it as a fashion. This is not right. You waive a particular individual's loan, but not that of crores of farmers. This shows the kind of politics you engage in," he told reporters.</div><div><br /></div><div>Urban Development Minister Naidu had said at an event in Mumbai today that seeking loan waivers had become a "fashion" now but it was not the final solution and should be considered in extreme situations. </div></div>