Asked if he saw the same pattern being repeated in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul said, “It is happening across the country”. Jha clarified, rehashing that last line several times. Gandhi said that he was yet to meet a poor person who has received the promised money during 16 months of the NDA government.
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Congress managers are also concerned over the impact that the AAP could have on the Punjab polls as the new outfit had dented the grand old party’s votes in four Lok Sabha seats in 2014 elections. Both the districts reported most of agrarian crisis-driven suicides in the state.
In the same breath, Mr. Gandhi added that the Union government did not believe in discussion but only followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decisions. “If he listens or not, Congress will always stand for Indian farmers and labourers”.
Providing succour to distressed farmers, the Karnataka government today announced waiver of interest and penal interest on crop loans from cooperative banks for the current fiscal and hike in compensation from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to families of farmers who had committed suicide. Activists and workers of BJP accused Rahul Gandhi of playing to gallery over the dead bodies of farmers.
He additionally hinted at continued stalemate on GST saying the federal government had not come ahead to talk about opposition considerations on the landmark tax reform.
“Entreprenuers from different domains participated in the event, they discussed various issues concerning startups and areas where they would require help from government of Karnataka”, Member of Parliament Rajeev Gowda, also part of the meeting, told PTI.
Gandhi, who is visiting Haveri district in north Karnataka tomorrow to undertake a padayatra and address a rally, alleged that the BJP is giving a step-motherly treatment to the weak and the farmers living in states ruled by non-BJP governments across the country.
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RJD-Congress alliance and asserted that it was a ‘Mahaswarthbandhan.’ He said that they looted Bihar for the past sixty years and never contributed to the development of the state.
