MUMBAI: (May 9) Senior NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil on Saturday criticised the Maharashtra government over farmer suicides and crimes against women and asserted leaders of the ruling alliance had “earned a PhD in corruption”.
In a statement, Patil said that although the BJP was in power in 17 states, Maharashtra ranked first in the country in both corruption and farmer suicides and second in crimes against women.
Citing figures from the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, he said 3,824 farmers died by suicide in Maharashtra in the past year, placing the state at the top in the country on that parameter.
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