Summary:
After Rahul Gandhi’s announcement, farmers looked attracted towards Congress, political pundits claim. BHOPAL: A year after the incident of firing in Mandsaur leading to death of six farmers, the Congress president Rahul Gandhi in June this year announced that the farmers’ loan would be waived within 10 days if his party comes to power in Madhya Pradesh. Besides, he said, the meagre payments of crop insurance scheme was also a huge issue in MP. After online transaction of money, they would also not get cash in their hands, claimed Yadav. The benefits of the announcements made by his government did not reach farmers, said Anil Yadav of Bhartiya Kisan Union in MP.Besides, the farmers were also unhappy over delay in getting compensation of drought and flood ..