Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked PM Narendra Modi, saying that he flies in an ₹ 8,000 crore aircraft to address a rally but can’t waive the debt of farmers.
Addressing her party’s “Pratigya Rally” in UP’s Mahoba, she also promised debt waiver for farmers and free gas cylinders to women if Congress comes to power in next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
She accused PM Modi of doing nothing for farmers.
“Do you know the income of PM’s big industrialist friends? They earn ₹ 10,000 crore daily and you are earning ₹ 27 a day, and this government is doing nothing for you,” she alleged.
“Do you know the cost of the aircraft used by him? It is ₹ 8,000 crore. He comes here to give a speech but your income is not raised. He comes in that aircraft but cannot waive the debts of farmers,” Priyanka Gandhi said apparently referring to the PM’s recent visit to Mahoba.
“If they have money to buy aircraft, then why not for you,” she asked.
“If the Congress government is formed in Uttar Pradesh, then the entire loan of farmers will be waived and women will be given three domestic gas cylinders free of cost in a year,” she added.
On promises made by the Congress if it comes to power in the state, she said that a Bundelkhand Development Board with its own budget will be set up while promising a policy for mandis, industry and tourism.
Priyanka Gandhi, who recently visited the region to meet families of the farmers who died in queues for fertilisers, said mounting debt on them has added on to their troubles.
Even the fertilizer distribution system does not work properly, she claimed.
