Congress MP Praniti Shinde on Tuesday, March 25th, slammed the BJP-led Centre and Maharashtra government over farmers issues

Shinde alleged her mic was turned off  when she was asking questions in Lok Sabha regarding agriculture and Maharashtra farmers. 

The Congress MP said that Maharashtra government is only focusing om irrelevant things issues which do not matter.

 She said, "When I was asking questions regarding agriculture and brought it to the record that in Maharashtra, more than 30,000 farmers have committed suicide and more than 700 farmers died during the farmers' protest, my mic was turned off. It was an important question. Why are farmers leaving agriculture? Why are farmers committing suicide? Farmers are not being provided with loans...but the Maharashtra govt is only focusing on irrelevant issues," Shinde told ANI.

When Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was answering queries during the Lok Sabha sessions, opposition members started protesting. TMC MPs staged a protest against him.