Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday led a delegation of top party leaders to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to waive off loans of distressed farmers.
Based on feedback collected during his month-long Kisan Yatra in Uttar Pradesh, Gandhi informed the PM on a number of problems faced by farmers. Modi, Gandhi claims, acknowledged the points raised by the Congress but did not comment on it’s demand of a loan-waiver.
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister addressed BJP lawmakers, where he accused the Congress of placing its own interests over and above the national interest. Referring to repeated disruptions parliament, Modi said that the opposition was blocking his BJP-led government’s effort to eradicate ill-gotten wealth. Additionally, he also asked party lawmakers to spread’s the government’s Cashless India mission.
Meanwhile, members of the opposition met President Pranab Mukherjee over a washed out session of the parliament. The delegation included Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
Ever since its commencement, the Parliament’s winter session has been mired in chaos and conflict over the Centre’s landmark decision to scrap high denomination notes on November 7. While the Centre itself has adjusted the goals of demonetisation-from black money to cashless economy-it has so far failed to secure the opposition’s consent on the matter.
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