In Gujarat, Rahul offer: Covid compensation, waiver on farm loans

While addressing booth workers at the Parivartan Sankalp Yatra program at Sabarmati riverfront, in the run-up to the Assembly elections, Gandhi also promised to build 3,000 English medium schools in Gujarat, provide free education to girls, reduce the price of LPG cylinders to Rs 500, and provide a Rs 5 subsidy to milk producers.

Ahmedabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting in Ahmedabad, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised Rs 4 lakh compensation to families of those who succumbed to Covid-19, farm loan waiver for upto Rs 3 lakhs, free electricity for households for upto 300 units, and said pending electricity bills of farmers will be waived off if his party comes to power in Gujarat.

While addressing booth workers at the Parivartan Sankalp Yatra program at Sabarmati riverfront, in the run-up to the Assembly elections, Gandhi also promised to build 3,000 English medium schools in Gujarat, provide free education to girls, reduce the price of LPG cylinders to Rs 500, and provide a Rs 5 subsidy to milk producers.

The Congress leader also launched a scathing attack against the ruling BJP for “appropriating” Sardar Patel, claiming that Patel would have “committed suicide” if he saw the state of democracy in Gujarat now.

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“We will waive off farmers’ loans till Rs 3 lakh individually. Do you remember Covid? More than 3 lakh people died in Gujarat. Did the state government announce any compensation for them? Had Sardar Patel been alive, he would have announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each. We will do the same,” said Rahul.

The Congress MP said that jobs in the state can only be generated through small and medium industries but the BJP government’s policies have not helped them.

“BJP’s policies such as demonetization and GST have broken the back of small businesses. The truth is that 2-3 billionaires cannot give employment to all,” Gandhi told party workers.

The Congress leader also hit out at the BJP government over the Mundra drug hauls, claiming that the hauls represent the Gujarat model, and that there is a reason why the drug busts are not covered by the state media or investigated by the police.

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“Thousands of crores of drugs are caught at Mundra port, but police don’t take any action. This is Gujarat model, rule of two-three industrialists and hundred percent control of media,” he said.

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