Launching an election campaign of the Congress, party president Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised to waive off bank loans of farmers if Congress is voted to power in Chhattisgarh.
“The farmers loans will be waived off within 10 days of the formation of Congress government in Chhattisgarh,’’ Gandhi told a huge gathering of farmers at Raipur’s sprawling Science College ground amid cheers and clapping by thousands of enthusiastic farmers.
Gandhi said that Congress had waived off farmers loans in Karnataka and Punjab after party formed government and it would honour its commitment in Chhattisgarh which goes to polls in two phases on November 12 and 20 for the 90-member state legislative assembly.
He said that he was confident of Congress would return to power in the mineral-rich state and added that the new Congress government would set up food processing units in all districts in Chhattisgarh.
Meanwhile, BJP’s Chhattisgarh unit has slammed Rahul Gandhi for his Rs pack of lies’ at farmers rally and said farmers can’t be Rs fooled and misguided’ by Gandhi.
Gandhi lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and reiterated his allegations of a massive corruption in Rafale defence deal. He asked the Prime Minister to explain before the nation Rs why the Chowkidar of the nation approved a deal for purchase of Rafale jet per unit at Rs 1600 crore which was originally priced at just Rs 526 crore during Congress regime’.