Mr. Prime Minister, did the ‘DD Kisan Channel’ show the Mandsaur incident?

Abhishek Manu Singhvi questions PM Modi’s “silence” on the police firing on farmers in M.P.

June 08, 2017 11:41 am | Updated 11:41 am IST

The Congress questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” on the police firing on farmers in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, even 36 hours after the incident.

In a sharp response to the way the Centre and BJP-ruled States have dealt with the agricultural crisis (35 farmers are reportedly committing suicide daily), and the farmers’ agitations that have followed, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi asked on Tuesday, “There was a lot of hoopla about starting a Kisan channel on Doordarshan. Mr. Prime Minister, did the ‘DD Kisan Channel’ show the Mandsaur incident?”.

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