Rahul Gandhi demands ‘Kisan Budget’ to Modi government

TIL Desk/National/Kanpur-Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi demanded the Narendra Modi government to come up with a ‘Kisan Budget’ to ensure farmers get the right price for their produce. “I have heard the railway budget is being merged with the general budget. If this can be done, I would ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prepare ‘Kisan budget’,” he said at a Khaat Sabha in Ghatampur.

The Kisan Budget will ensure that farmers get right prices for their crops, as they are not getting it now, he added. Accusing the Centre of waiving off loans of industrialists but not of farmers, the Congress vice president said, “A Congress government’s priority will be to waive off loans to farmers, because for us farmers and the youth are more important.”

Attacking Modi, he said, “The Prime Minister had promised to provide employment to 2 crore youths But I have come to know that in last two years only 1 lakh have got employment.”Rahul assured that as an Opposition, Congress was executing its role responsibly.

Attacking the current and previous UP governments, he said, “When Congress was at the Centre, it sanctioned funds for different projects. I wonder where the funds have disappeared.” Taking a dig at BSP, he alleged, “The BSP has indulged in corruption, moreover it has moved away from the ideologies on which Kanshi Ram had established it.”