NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday demanded a nationwide farm loan waiver even as it accused the Modi government of “hatching a conspiracy” to end the minimum support price system, a move it alleged would leave farmers at the mercy of the open market.In continuation of its pre-budget press conference series to “expose” the Modi government on the downward slide of the economy, Congress quoted a Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) report, to allege that the government was considering stopping the purchase of crops from farmers.“Until now, the BJP government has cheated and exploited the farmers in the Budget. We hope that in this year’s budget, the finance minister will clarify to the people of the country what it has done to double farmers’ income by 2022, the status of finances of the Food Corporation of India as well as of the Agriculture Market Infrastructure Fund,” said Prithviraj Chavan , former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan, adding that the CACP report recommended a reduction in the purchase of wheat and paddy from farmers.Congress alleged that in 2018-19, the Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund received an endowment of Rs 2,000 crore but spent only 0.5% of the amount. The proposal was to set-up 22,000 markets but only 376 were set up, Chavan said, adding that while the government had claimed it would double farmers' incomes by 2022, it is not considering stopping MSP and subsidy money to the Food Corporation of India, which had debts exceeding Rs 2.65 lakh crore.Congress also demanded that the government bring agriculture produce, implements as well as processed farm goods under the minimum GST rate to protect an already stressed farm sector.On Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also slammed the Modi government for “turning around” the Indian economy, literally. In a Twitter post, Rahul took a jibe at the Modi government and said the while inflation levels has climbed to where the GDP rates were, the GDP had plunged to historic lows. “Modi & his dream team of economic advisers have literally turned the economy around. Earlier: GDP: 7.5% Inflation: 3.5% Now: GDP: 3.5% Inflation: 7.5% The PM & FM have absolutely no idea what to do next,” Rahul said on Twitter.