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Congress president Rahul Gandhi has once again took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Gandhi scion in- fact claimed credit for the chief Ministers of Assam and Gujarat decision to waive off loans given to farmers. And he now wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to act . Rahul Gandhi tweeted
The Congress party has managed to wake the CM’s of Assam & Gujarat from their deep slumber.
PM is still asleep. We will wake him up too.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 19, 2018
Two Congress chief Ministers after been voted to power Kamal Nath in Madhya Pradesh and Bhupesh Baghel in Chhattisgarh had waived off the loans to farmers soon after assuming office and living up to their poll promises in their manifesto.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Kamal Nath waived farm loans of Rs 2 lakh as promised at the time of elections, shortly after he took oath as the chief minister. It was promised to be done within 10 days of coming to power.
Addressing the media after his swearing-in ceremony, Baghel reportedly said, “Congress President Rahul Gandhi had announced that farm loans will be waived within 10 days and that Minimum Support Price (MSP) for maize will be increased to Rs 2500 from Rs 1700 per quintal. These two decisions have been taken today.”
