Maha: Sena (UBT) MLA Kailas Patil rips into Mahayuti govt over Rs Rs5,000 drought relief

Mumbai, Oct 20 (UNI) In a direct attack on the Maharashtra government, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MLA from Dharashiv, Kailas Patil, today termed the state's Rs 5,000 drought relief package a "cruel joke" on suffering farmers. Addressing the party's traditional Dasara Melawa at the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Maidan (Shivtirtha) here, Patil challenged the ruling dispensation to celebrate Diwali on Rs 5,000 before offering such a meagre sum to distressed cultivators. "Farmers in drought-affected areas are enduring immense suffering. This government, sitting in multi-crore bungalows, does not understand the value of Rs 5,000 for a struggling household. I challenge…