Lucknow, Jan. 17 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president, Ajay Kumar ''Lalu'' on Friday targeted Bharatiya Janta Party's government both in the Centre and here in Uttar Pradesh claiming that there was an increase of 45 per cent in suicides by farmers since the coming of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in 2014.
Interestingly Lalu made the attack minutes after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said due to the "apathy" of previous governments in the state, farmers were forced to commit suicide but the situation has changed for the better under the BJP rule.
The CM made these claims while addressing a conference of progressive farmers here
"There was everything in the state earlier, but due to the apathy of the previous governments,...