"Some People Only Did Politics In Name Of Farmers": PM Modi's Dig at Sharad Pawar

At an event in Shirdi, PM Narendra Modi said his government was committed to farmer welfare.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said some people from Maharashtra only did politics in the name of farmers, in comments aimed at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar, who handled the agriculture portfolio during the UPA government.

PM Modi said his government was committed to farmer welfare and pointed out that cultivators are now getting MSP (minimum support price) money for their products directly in their bank accounts.

The PM was speaking at an event in the temple town of Shirdi in western Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district after inaugurating several development projects.