Rahul Gandhi promises farm loan waiver in Gujarat

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi tried to woo farmers in Gujarat, promising that their loans would be waived if his party forms government in the state. “Modiji waived loans worth Rs1.25 trillion of his 5-10 industrialists friends, but Modiji and Jaitleyji say that it is not their policy to waive loans of farmers when they ask for it,” Gandhi claimed.Gandhi was campaigning in Amreli district, on the second day of his two-day tour ofGujarat. “Modiji talked for 22 years about farmers, but you have not got anything, your land has been taken away, your water is diverted to industrialists, and you do not get crop insurance,” he told a poll meeting. “We make this promise to you that we will frame a policy within 10 days of forming government in Gujarat to waive your loans,” he said. (PTI)