Ahead of Gujarat polls, Rahul Gandhi promises loan waiver and free electricity to farmers, LPG cylinder at Rs 500

Kickstarting his Gujarat state election campaign, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday made several poll promises, including a loan waiver of up to Rs 3 lakh for farmers, half the current price of LPG cylinders from Rs 1,000 to Rs 500, free electricity to farmers and up to 300 units of free power supply to consumers, creation of 3,000 English medium schools, among others.

Many of these “announcements” were similar to those made by Arvind Kejriwal when he campaigned for Aam Aadmi Party in the upcoming state assembly elections. Addressing a gathering of booth-level workers’ “Parivartan Sankalp Sammelan” at Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gandhi also attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party over “corruption, inflation, poor implementation of GST”, among others.