Some people only did politics in name of farmers: PM Modi takes dig at Pawar

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

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 into 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.