NCP slams Modi for continued silence over Lakhimpur Kheri violence
The Hindu
The PM has neither shown any remorse nor expressed any grief over the incident: Jayant Patil
The Nationalist Congress Party on Sunday chastised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to condemn the death of farmers in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in Uttar Pradesh, with NCP State president Jayant Patil stating that Mr. Modi’s “continued silence” over the incident was astonishing.
“He [Mr. Modi] has neither shown any remorse, nor expressed any grief, nor condemned the incident in which farmers were crushed to death,” said Mr. Patil, who is the State Water Resources Minister in the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition Government of the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress.
Speaking in Sangli district, Mr. Patil said the Centre was quick to stifle any dissent expressed by non-BJP parties of its anti-farmer policies.