Rahul promises farm loan waiver in C’garh

Koriya/Surguja, November 17

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today promised to waive farm loans in Chhattisgarh within 10 days of assuming power in the state and said the money for it would come from “the likes of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Anil Ambani”.

Stepping up his attack on PM Narendra Modi over note ban ahead of the second and final phase of the state polls, Gandhi alleged Modi made honest people suffer in 2016, but spared the rich.

Addressing a rally in Koriya district, he alleged Modi had waived loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of a few rich people, but not those of the poor farmers. “As soon as the Congress forms the government here, Modiji, you count 10 days. The Congress will waive the loans of each farmer in Chhattisgarh within 10 days,” Gandhi said.

“Liquor baron Mallya fled the country with Rs 10,000 crore of the banks, while Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi fled with Rs 35,000 crore,” he alleged. — PTI