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State Congress president Arjun Modhwadia on Wednesday claimed that 9,829 workers, 5,447 farmers and 919 farm labourers have committed suicide in the state during Narendra Modi’s tenure as Chief Minister.
During the debate on the supplementary budgetary demands in the state Assembly, he said these figures were provided by the state government.
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He said that 31.8 per cent population of Gujarat is poor followed by Andhra Pradesh (29.9 per cent), Tamil Nadu (29.8 per cent), Himachal Pradesh (22.9 per cent), Punjab (20.9 per cent), Kerala (19.7 %), J-K (13.2 %) and Haryana (2.1 %).
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