Mumbai, Feb. 15 -- Senior Congress leader Nana Patole on Saturday strongly criticised Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate over his statement on farmers, arguing that farmers are the backbone of the world and insulting them is nothing but a perverse mindset.
The BJP-alliance government is anti-farmer and works solely for the wealthy, he charged in a statement issued here.
"It has repeatedly been proven that the BJP-alliance government is anti-farmer. Farmers have been insulted by being labelled as extremists, Naxalites and agitators. Now, the state's Agriculture Minister Kokate has crossed the line by calling farmers beggars," he said.
His (Kokate's) statement reflects his arrogance due to power, he said in a jab.
"Farmers ...