Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday secured a special relief package from his party-ruled Karnataka government for distressed farmers, reeling under drought, crop failure and a spate of suicides.
“The state government has agreed to waive interest on crop loans you took from cooperative banks, increase compensation to families whose farmers committed suicide to Rs.5 lakh from Rs.2 lakh,” Gandhi said at a farmers’ rally at Ranebennur in Haveri district, about 300km from Bengaluru.read more...http://www.vishwagujarat.com/politics/photos-rahul-gandhi-gets-relief-package-for-karnataka-farmers/
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