Farmers leader censures Maha CM over his decision to impose ban on lifting of water from rivers

Kolhapur, Oct. 17 -- Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) national president and former MP, Raju Shetty, today slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for having imposed a ban on pumping of water from the rivers for sugarcane, without any regard to interests of farmers, by succumbing to pressure from the central leadershipShetty alleged in a press release here that this decision was not in interests of farmers in the state and taken due to pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home & Cooperation minister Amit Shah.

"Seeing that farmers are not yielding to pressure, the state government has imposed a ban on sugarcane harvesting with an aim to dry the farmers' sugarcane and restore its supply to factories. We will...