Rahul Gandhi on Thursday signed off his two-day tour of poll-bound Gujarat with a promise to waive loans of farmers and provide free education in government-aided colleges if the Congress party comes to power in the state.
Unfazed by the Somnath temple controversy, he visited Gadhdha Swaminarayan temple where he offered prayers.
A row erupted on Thursday after Gandhi’s name was found written in the entry register meant for non-Hindus at the famous shrine.
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Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress leader claimed, “Modiji waived loans worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore of his five-ten industrialists friends, but Modiji and (Finance Minister Arun) Jaitleyji say that it is not their policy to waive loans of farmers when they ask for it.”
He was campaigning in Lathi in the Patidar-dominated Amreli district on the last day of his two-day tour.
“Modiji talked for 22 years about farmers, but you have not got anything, your land has been taken away, your water is diverted to industrialists, and you do not get crop insurance,” he told a poll meeting.
