Claim Check: Rahul Gandhi on farmers’ suicide in Gujarat
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi says 6,000 farmers have committed suicide in Gujarat
Claim: 6,000 farmers have committed suicide in Gujarat.
Who: Congress party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
Where: In Amreli, Gujarat, while addressing an election rally on 26 April.
Check: He is right, although this number should be seen in the right context.
National Crime Records Bureau data shows that since 2001, when current chief minister Narendra Modi assumed office, 6,466 people employed in agriculture have committed suicide in Gujarat. But data also shows that 26,587 farmers in Andhra Pradesh killed themselves in the same time, and 44,769 in Maharashtra did too. And both states were ruled, for at least part of the period under consideration, by Congress governments.
Source: Accidental Death and Suicides in India report
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