The pressure built by the Congress forced the BJP government to grant loan waiver to farmers in Maharashtra and UP, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi said in Nanded in Maharashtra’s Marathwada on Friday. Gandhi said Maharashtra farmers may get only Rs 5,000 crore of the Rs 34,000-crore loan waiver announced by the government two months ago. “The Congress’ rallies for loan waiver forced the Maharashtra government to write off the loan. We held rallies in UP, met lakhs of farmers and filled up two crore forms demanding waiver. Gandhi said the government was not bothered about the country and its unity, but only interested in widening base of BJP and RSS.

Source: Hindustan Times September 08, 2017 16:52 UTC