All India Congress Committee (AICC) Chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised that within ten days of forming Congress Government in Chhattisgarh, the newly-appointed Chief Minister will waive off farmer loans.
Gandhi who started his two-day poll campaign in the state on Friday while addressing a rally at Pakhanjore town said that the the common man was forced to stand in queues after demonetisation, while loan defaulters were allowed to flee abroad.
“All of you were standing in long queues during demonetisation; but not one black money holder was seen among you. Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi and Mehul Choksi ran away from the country with your money,” Gandhi said.
Later addressing a rally at Khairagarh he took on the Central government over the Rafale deal and Demonetisation.
Gandhi said 126 Rafale aircraft were to be purchased as per the UPA deal when the cost of each aircraft was Rs 526 crore.
"Bastar is rich in natural resources, but local people don't have access to its benefits”, he said.
During the UPA Government at the Centre, it used to spend Rs 35,000 crore to run the MNREGA scheme in a year which changed the lives of several people in the country, Gandhi said.
"Chit fund companies committed scam to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore in Chhattisgarh. People lost their hard-earned money. Sixty people lost their lives in this connection, but no action was taken so far by the Government, " Gandhi said.
The AICC Chief later also addressed a public meeting in Rajnandgaon.