Madhya Pradesh farmers' strike: Poverty and politics of loan waivers reek of cold-blooded populism firstpost.com

The killing of unarmed, protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh made the intentions of the state very clear with a brutal candour. In essence, this death is no different from the thousands of farmers who have committed suicide across the country due to their inability to repay agricultural debts. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 3,02,116 farmers in India had committed suicide from 1995 till 2014.