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Admission on farm loan waiver in House incorrect

created Sep 25th 2020, 18:48 by shashanksingh1946570


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Madhya Pradesh Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh on Wednesday said 'incorrect' infomation provided by Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel before the Vidhan Sabha about farm loan waivers during the 15-month Congress regime in the State.
Speaking to reporters here, Mr.Singh said: "Wrong information has been sent to the Vidhan Sabha. It will be enquired into and corrected." Mr. Patel, during a single day Assembly session on Monday, had made a return addmission in reply to questions by former Congress Minister Jaivardhan Singh and Bala Bachchan, stating that farm loans of nearly 27 lakh farmers had been waived since December 2018, effectively during the Congress government. The reply had embarrassed the BJP, which had often assailed the Congress claiming it had reneged on its election promise of waiving farm loans within 10 days of coming to power.
In his replies the Agriculture Minister had stated that under the  'Jai Kisan Crop Loan Waiver Scheme', r7,10,896 lakh  (r7,108.96 crore) for 20,23,136 cases had been approved in the first phase before December 17 last year, while r4,53,802 lakh (r4538.02 crore) had been approved for 6,72,245 cases in the second phase .
Reacting to Mr. Patel's admission in the Assembly, State Congress working president Jitu Patwari said, "Cheif Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has several times stated that the BJP toppled our government as we did not waive loans...Despite our clarifications with proof, their lies and hypocrisy didn't stop. Now, the truth has prevailed, while the lies have been exposed."  
Congress MP and former president Rahul Gandhi tweeted: "Congress - it fulfilled what it promised. BJP only false promises."
 Calling upon both Mr. Chouhan and Mr. Scindia, to apologise to the public as they had "betrayed farmers",

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