The Tribune reports a farmer of a village in Pithoragrah in Uttarakhand attempted to kill himself in the presence of the state Cooperative Minister.
The farmer had been demanding pastureland for his village. The minister was to inaugurate a three-day cooperative fair.
The farmer wanted to draw the attention of the state government towards the villagers’ demand. The former BJP Chief Minister Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri had earlier sanctioned pastureland for the village.
The minister later said 10 district cooperative banks and state cooperative banks had been linked with core banking facilities in the last four years.