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Chhattisgarh farmer loans to be waived off in first cabinet meet: Baghel

Promises made by Congress president Rahul Gandhi to farmers are our priority, says Chhattisgarh Chief Minister-designate Bhupesh Baghel.

Bhupesh Baghel
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Bhupesh Baghel . Illustration: Ajaya Mohanty

Press Trust of India
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister-designate Bhupesh said Sunday that a loan waiver for farmers will be announced in the first meeting of the new state Cabinet.

Baghel, who will take oath of office Monday, also said that a Special Investigation Team will be constituted to probe the 2013 Jhiram Valley Naxal attack in which senior Congress leaders were killed.

"In the first Cabinet meeting, the loan waiver will be announced and an SIT (special investigation team) will be constituted to probe the Jhiram valley incident," said Baghel in Raipur.

"Promises made by Congress president Rahul Gandhi to farmers will be our first priority. To probe the