Maharashtra BJP MP Gopal Shetty compares farmers' suicide to 'fashion trend', sparks row https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-bjp-mp-gopal-shetty-compares-farmers-suicide-to-fashion-trend-sparks-row-309345-2016-02-18
BJP MP Gopal Shetty said "Not all farmers' suicides happen due to unemployment and starvation. A fashion is going on. A trend is on," "If Maharashtra government is giving Rs 5 Lakh rupees as compensation, then some other government in neighbouring state is giving Rs 7 Lakh," he said. "There's a competition in these people in giving money (compensation) to farmers,"