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Dhankar's 'coward' farmer remark: Amit Shah tells BJP leaders to avoid such comments

BJP President Amit Shah has disapproved Haryana minister O P Dhankar's remark on farmer suicides saying that party leaders should avoid making such comments.

Came to Vidarbha because people in Haryana call farmers cowards: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi took a dig at Haryana Minister OP Dhankar and said that it was because of statements like the one made by Dhankar that he had come to Vidarbha.

Coward farmers remark: Irony is OP Dhankar was BJP’s Kisan Morcha president twice

The remark is certainly insensitive and coming from someone who has been the president of the BJP’s Kisan Morcha twice it's deeply troubling. At a time when the country is in the midst of an agrarian crisis, which has led to a spate of suicides in the farming community, Haryana Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar has triggered a controversy by saying farmers who kill themselves are cowards and criminals. The insensitive remark of the Haryana minister has the opposition up in arms.

Haryana is land of the brave, people here don't commit suicide, says Minister Dhankar

Haryana Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar defended his statement on farmer suicides and claimed that Haryana was a "<em>veer bhoomi</em>".