India, July 3 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for the spate of farmer suicides in the country. He accused the government of breaking its promises to farmers while pandering to business elites.

"[Prime Minister Narendra] Modi ji promised to double farmers' income-today, the reality is that the lives of those who feed the nation are being cut in half. This system is killing farmers-quietly, but relentlessly, while Modi ji is busy watching his own PR spectacle," Gandhi said on X.

Gandhi cited the statistics on farmer suicides in Maharashtra. "Farmers are sinking deeper into debt every day-seeds are expensive, fertilizers are expensive, diesel is expensive... but there's no guar...