After the government’s decision of demonetisation, the opposition members were hitting out the Prime Minister from the very beginning of the winter session of the Parliament or after the announcement of Novemeber 8. Earlier, Rahul said he has information, which will expose the Prime Minister involvement in corruption, and today he seeks a loan waiver for farmers.
The Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a waiver of loans given to farmers. A congress delegation, which led by Rahul Gandhi, also raised the issue of farmer suicides with Modi and urged him to write off the loans given to farmers like it has been done in the case of corporates.
While interacting with media Gandhi said, “thousands of farmers are committing suicide across the country. Every single day a farmer is committing suicide in Punjab. We met the Prime Minister and apprised him about the plight of farmers across the country.”
He said, “this government has waived off loans of Rs 1.40 lakh crore to corporates. So we urged the government to waive off the loans of the farmers as well.”
The delegation comprised senior Congress leaders including Punjab state unit chief Captain Amarinder Singh and Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also said that the government decision to remove import duty on wheat was a "terrible blow" to the farmers.
"The Prime Minister too admitted the condition of the farmers to be grave. But he did not say anything about waiving off the loans to farmers," he said. Gandhi's meeting with Modi comes days after he vowed to expose the Prime Minister's "personal complicity in corruption." The protests of opposition, which was led by Rahul Gandhi, he has chosen a warpath against the Prime Minister.
--with agency inputs
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