TIL Desk/National/Karnataka/ Invoking Karnataka’s 12th century social reformer Basavanna, Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were “not inclusive” as he ignored farmers but waived off loans of big industrialists.
“Modi speaks about Basavanna but his policies are not inclusive. If he can waive off Rs 25 lakh crore worth loans of big industrialists, why can’t he help farmers,” he said at a public rally in the coastal Udupi district.
Gandhi — who is on a two-day visit to the poll-bound southern state, the third in over a month — told the gathering that though farmers had pleaded for the right MSP (Minimum Support Price) for their produce, it was not fulfilled.
“In contrast, our government in the state has spent thrice the amount on irrigation projects than the Modi government did for the entire nation. “We do not spread hatred, We abide by the principles of Basavanna,” he said a day after the state cabinet agreed to grant status of religious minority to Lingayats and Veerashaivas, who are followers of Basavanna.
