Let Raje accept challenge of checking farmers' suicide, says Pilot
Jaipur, June 17: Hitting out at Rajasthan's Vasundhara Raje government for only being engaged in accepting the fitness challenge passed on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, state Congress chief Sachin Pilot said that if the Chief Minister is serious on accepting any challenge, it should be of putting a complete check on farmers' suicide.
He termed it as a sad situation that right from the Prime Minister to Central Ministers to state ministers, everybody seems engaged in passing the fitness challenge, just to garner publicity, while the critical issues of the nation are being put aside.
Pilot also slammed the "insensitivity" of the state government, holding it responsible for the recent suicide committed by two farmers in Hadoti region.
"In the election year, the government has promised to waive off farmers' loan worth Rs 50,000 which in general is too less an amount as they (farmers) have huge loans on their shoulders. The government has failed to arrange the promised funds of Rs 8,000 crore to waive off the loans and hence now loans worth Rs 200 crore can only be waived off with the limited funds," he added.
Pilot said that this "double-faced" attitude of the state government is triggering more suicides in the state, and also the government has failed to provide fair price to farmers' garlic yield which is yet another factor for the farmers committing suicide in big numbers.
Claiming that in the last one month, nine farmers have committed suicide in Hadoti region, which is the Chief Minister's constituency, he said that these have revealed the reality of tall claims made by the ruling government.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
