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Bengaluru, Dec 03: Karnataka Agriculture Minister B C Patil on Thursday said farmers who commit suicide are cowards, drawing flak from the opposition.
“The farmers who commit suicide are cowards. Only a coward who can’t take care of his wife and children commits suicide. When we have fallen (in the water), we haveto swim and win,” Patil said addressing farmers at Ponnampet in Kodagu district of Karnataka.
The Congress and JD(S) leaders slammed him for his comments. The Minister was explaining to bamboo growers of Ponnampet how profitable the agriculture business is, but some cowards do not realise that and commit suicide. To buttress his point, Patil cited an example of a woman who was wearing…
