After Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s decision to waive farmers’ loans, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party-led Opposition parties have demanded a Rs 30,000-crore farm loan waiver in Maharashtra. Six Opposition parties, which had recently launched a drive in 16 Maharashtra districts over their demand, got into a huddle on Wednesday to discuss how to intensify their agitation. Headed by the Congress-NCP bloc, it might take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections in 2019. We will take one step at a time,” state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare told HT on Wednesday. Further, if we get like-minded parties with us, we can avoid further split in anti-BJP votes,” said a senior Congress leader.

Source: Hindustan Times April 05, 2017 06:17 UTC