Maha farmers' suicides up by 16%: Chavan
Maharashtra Congress President Ashok Chavan on Tuesday claimed that there has been a 16% rise in farmers' suicide in Maharashtra in the first five months of this year against the same period last year. Chavan, the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, added that out of the 1,274 suicides this year, the maximum (557) were from CM Devendra Fadnavis's Vidarbha region.