BHOPAL: A woman walked up to the stage from where minister of public health engineering department, Sukhdev Panse, was addressing a meeting in Multai on Monday.
From the dais, she told the audience that, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had promised that, the farmers’ loans would be waived within ten days of his party’s forming government in the state.
Gandhi had also promised that, if the loans were not waived within the stipulated time, the Chief Minister would be changed, she reminded Panse in front of the audience.
Nevertheless, one year has passed since the promise was made, but the loan was not waived, the woman said. She also demanded that the liquor-manufacturing units should be removed from her village.
The leaders of the Congress and those of the BJP promise the moon during the elections, but they forget everything, once the polls are over, she said.
Just as the woman began to speak, an officer present on the stage tried to stop her, but Panse told him to let the woman express her opinion.
Panse patiently listened to her as well as replied to her questions. In the first phase, the government has waived the loan of 20 lakh farmers, and it has begun the second phase to waive loan up to Rs 1 lakh.
Nevertheless, delay in waiving loans has spawned resentment among villagers in many places.
