Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised farm loan waiver up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers in Gujarat, LPG cylinder at Rs 500 instead of Rs 1,000 besides free electricity to agriculturists if his party forms a government in the state where elections are due later this year.
Addressing the Congress’s booth-level workers at the ‘Parivartan Sankalp Rally’ at the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gandhi also promised to provide up to 300 units of free power to general consumers.
He made a host of promises including the creation of 10 lakh new jobs, building 3,000 English medium schools, free education for girls, and a subsidy of Rs 5 per litre to milk producers.
