Bhopal | A Congress delegation has reached the residence of BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan to provide documents regarding the farm loan waivers.
The group is led by former Union Minister and Congress leader Suresh Pachouri and reached the official residence of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with documents containing details of farmers whose loans have been waived off by Congress-led government in the state.
This move comes after the former CM claimed that the Congress has given contradictory statements regarding the farm loan waivers.
“Both Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Kamal Nath gave contradictory statements on farm loan waiver. While the former is saying that the loans of farmers were waived within two hours of forming a Congress government in the state, the latter has sent messages to lakhs of farmers on their mobiles stating that though the application for waiving loans have been received it cannot be granted as Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the Lok Sabha elections is in place,” Chouhan had said on Sunday.
Chouhan accused Congress of misleading the farmers.
He also claimed that Congress had promised the waivers within 10 days of coming into power, but has not taken any action even after 120 days.
According to Chouhan, the total loan amount of farmers in Madhya Pradesh is Rs 48,000 crore while the government has allocated only Rs 5,000 crore in the budget for farmers.
“The loan amount stands at Rs 48,000 crore while in the budget they have only given Rs 5,000 crore. Moreover, they have only given Rs 1,300 crore to the banks. Now how can a loan amounting to Rs 48,000 crore be waived by a sum of Rs 1,300 crore only”, he alleged.
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