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PM Modi ‘making fun’ of demonetisation-hit farmers: Rahul Gandhi
Nov-21-2018

Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed that demonetisation had destroyed the lives of farmers and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making fun of their plight during his poll campaigns. He claimed that the agriculture ministry has admitted that demonetisation has hit the farmers hard.

Referring to Modi's campaigns in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Gandhi said that “Noteban has destroyed the lives of farmers. Now they do not even have enough money to buy seeds and fertilizer. But, Modi ji is making fun of our farmers' plight. Now his Agriculture Ministry has also said that farmers were badly affected due to demonetisation decision”. While polling in Chhattisgarh was completed in two phases on November 12 and 20, elections in Madhya Pradesh will be held on November 28.

Referring to prime minister's speech during the poll campaign in Chhattisgarh where Narendra Modi alleged people were hiding their black money under beds and in wheat stocks in their homes before the note ban, Gandhi has asked if absconders like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, who have allegedly committed bank frauds, have ever sown wheat. He said that “Modiji, don't insult the farmers. You first indulged in a scam by collecting farmers’ money by noteban and handed it over to your suit-boot friends”.

The Congress is seeking to woo the farmers in Madhya Pradesh, which goes to polls on November 28, and has announced a farm loan waiver for them in the state, if it comes to power.

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