Rahul accuses Modi, Raman Singh of corruption, promises farm loan waiver in Chhattisgarh

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Press Trust of India Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)
Last Updated : Nov 09 2018 | 7:50 PM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday launched a tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, alleging they are "openly indulging in graft" and taking decisions only after "permission" from their industrialist friends.

Addressing a poll rally in Singh's home turf Rajnandgaon, Gandhi asserted his party would act against the "corrupt" and write off debts of farmers if elected to power in Chhattisgarh, which is being ruled by the BJP for the past 15 years.

At another rally in the poll-bound state ahead of the first-phase voting on November 12, he alleged, "In Delhi, Modi ji has 10-15 industrialists friends and similarly Chhattisgarh CM has 10-15 big businessmen friends. Modi ji and Singh never do any work until they take permission from these 10-15 friends."

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First Published: Nov 09 2018 | 7:50 PM IST

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