Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has stirred controversy by urging farmers to repay loan installments by March 31st, without waiting for a government loan waiver announcement. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis backed Pawar's statement, clarifying it as the official government position. The remarks have sparked a political row, with Shiv Sena UBT accusing the Mahayuti government of misleading farmers during polls and potentially increasing their financial burden.
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00:00A political war of farm loans in Maharashtra is taking place.
00:05On Saturday, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar made a controversial remark on
00:10farm loans.
00:11While addressing an event in Baramati, Ajit Pawar asked the farmers to repay their pending
00:16installments by March 31 and not wait for loan waiver announcement by the government.
00:21He also listed out Maharashtra government's all major expenses and claimed that not all
00:25poll promises can be put into action immediately.
00:28Although Ajit Pawar also assured the farmers that the decision on loan waivers will be
00:32taken in the future depending on circumstances, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
00:37backed his deputy and stated that what Ajit Pawar said was official government's position.
00:42He also clarified that Ajit Pawar never said that loans won't be waived at all.
00:45Meanwhile, Shri Sena UBT launched a blistering attack at the Mahayati government and alleged
00:50that farmers were misled during the polls and now the financial burden on the farmers
00:54will increase.
00:56Ajit Dada has assumed the position that the government will never be able to waive it.
01:02Ajit Dada has assumed the position that the government will never be able to waive it.
01:10We knew that a lot would happen in Maharashtra or wherever the government of Bharatiya Nata
01:17Party is.
01:18The welfare schemes that were already in place or the promises they made during the
01:23elections, we are not going to fulfil those promises.