Days after former Madhya Pradesh CM and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused the Congress of blatantly lying on farm loan waiver, a delegation of the grand old party led by former Union Minister and Congress leader Suresh Pachouri reached Chouhan’s residence, on Tuesday, 7 May, with documents containing details of farmers whose loans have been waived by the present state government.
Accusing Congress President Rahul Gandhi and current MP CM Kamal Nath of giving contradictory statements on farm loan waiver, Chouhan had said, “Both Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Kamal Nath gave contradictory statements on farm loan waiver. While the former is saying that the loans of farmers were waived within two hours of forming a Congress government in the state, the latter has sent messages to lakhs of farmers on their mobiles stating that though the application for waiving loans have been received, it cannot be granted as Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the Lok Sabha elections is in place.”
Chouhan had also alleged that Rahul Gandhi has deceived the people of the state on loan waiver. He said, “120 days have passed since the Congress government was formed in the state but the farmers' loans have not been waived. Rahul Gandhi is lying that loans have been waived within two hours. He had promised that if within 10 days loans are not waived then he would change the chief minister."
“The loan amount stands at Rs 48,000 crore while in the budget they have only given Rs 5,000 crore. Moreover, they have only given Rs 1,300 crore to the banks. Now how can a loan amounting to Rs 48,000 crore be waived by a sum of Rs 1,300 crore only.”Shivraj Singh Chouhan
In June last year, Congress President Rahul Gandhi had promised to waive all loans of farmers in Madhya Pradesh within 10 days of coming to power in the state.
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