Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today tried to woo farmers in Gujarat amid a high- stakes poll battle, promising that their loans would be waived if his party forms government in the state. He was campaigning here in the Patidar-dominated Amreli district, on the second day of his two-day tour of Gujarat. "We make this promise to you that we will frame a policy within 10 days of forming government in Gujarat to waive your loans," he said. But if five-ten people will ask for your land, electricity, water, Modiji will immediately sign for them," he said. He said the previous UPA government allocated Rs 35,000 crore in MNREGA and waived loans worth Rs, 70,000 crore of farmers of the entire country.

Source: dna November 30, 2017 15:12 UTC