In a veiled attack on the BJP, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, 18 April, said if his party is voted to power, indebted farmers will not be sent to jails.
Addressing an election rally at Dataganj under Aonla parliamentary constituency here, he said, "Businessmen who took loans amounting to thousands of crores were allowed to flee the country instead of sending them to jail. While the farmers who took loans of Rs 20,000 and were unable to pay, were sent to jail.