Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said here on Wednesday that the entire debts of farmers in Gujarat would be waived if the Congress formed the next government in the State.
He was addressing farmers near Chotila town, where he climbed a hillock to offer prayers at a temple.
“The difference between the Modi government and the Congress government is this: the Congress party will protect farmers, labour and small businessmen and traders, while the Modi government is only concerned about a few top industrial groups,” Mr. Gandhi said.
He asked the farmers about their main issues. Their [farmers] debts would be waived within 10 days of the Congress forming the government, he said.
In distress
“Farmers in Gujarat are in distress, but the entire focus of the BJP government is on helping a select few industrial groups. This is the reason small and medium enterprises, which provide employment to the masses, are in a bad shape. They have no support system.” Mr. Gandhi said the original Gujarat model during the Congress government was promoting small people from the grassroots level.
On the last leg of his three-day yatra in the Saurashtra region, Mr. Gandhi toured Surendranagar and Rajkot districts, halting at a dozen places for brief interactions with party workers, youth and women. He visited Khodaldham at Kagvad, a prominent religious shrine of the Patidars and reiterated his party’s support to the community in Gujarat.
