Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has guaranteed loan waiver for farmers in Chhattisgarh, procurement of 20 quintals of paddy per acre and a salary increase from Rs 7,000 to Rs 10,000 per year for agricultural labourers if his party returns to power in the state.
Gandhi promised this in a post on X along with a video of his recent interaction with paddy farmers and agricultural labourers in Kathiya village of Chhattisgarh.
छत्तीसगढ़ के किसान भाइयों से सीखी धान की कटाई और जाना कैसी चल रही उनकी कमाई!
✅ फिर से होगी कर्ज़ माफी
✅ 20 क्विंटल/एकड़ धान खरीदेंगे
✅ कृषि मज़दूरों को ₹7,000 से बढ़ाकर ₹10,000 प्रतिवर्षउनको हमारी गारंटी है!
पूरा वीडियो मेरे यूट्यूब चैनल पर:https://t.co/xZiW1cPDrY pic.twitter.com/uOewLRJfqQ
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 4, 2023
Last Sunday, he had helped some cultivators at the village near Raipur in harvesting paddy and said the pro-farmer “model” of his party’s government in Chhattisgarh will be replicated across India.