Congress questions govt over NCRB data on suicides

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 7

The Congress on Sunday questioned the rising number of deaths by suicide in India and asked where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of good days had vanished.

In a statement, Congress media chief Randeep Surjewala said the recent National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Report on “Suicides and Accidental Deaths in India”, released by the government was frightening to say the least.

“The report, with its figures regarding suicide underlines the unprecedented tragedy that is ruining India. Hapless citizens, grinded under extreme apathy and insensitivity of the government are losing hope and taking their lives. Be it farmers, labourers, daily wagers, housewives or unemployed educated youth, it is a saga of unending hopelessness all across. Opportunities for the aspiring have been converted into cesspools of suicidal depression,” Surjewala said.