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Bhupesh Baghel (Picture: PTI)
Throughout an occasion within the Sakti Meeting constituency, CM Baghel mentioned, “All farm loans can be waived, as now we have carried out previously, instantly after the Congress returns to energy.”
He mentioned {that a} sturdy agricultural sector with affluent farmers would result in a stronger financial system in Chhattisgarh. “The consequences of recession have been seen in different states however there was no impact in Chhattisgarh. We waived off (mortgage) of the farmers and its impact was seen within the enterprise of Chhattisgarh,” he added.
The state authorities had said that they fulfilled the 2018 promise of waiving agricultural loans, relieving 1.88 million farmers within the state from loans totalling Rs 9,270 crore.
For the upcoming Meeting elections, the Congress made 4 key bulletins, which embrace conducting a caste census, procuring 20 quintals of paddy per acre, offering homes to 17,50,000 folks, and asserting a farm mortgage waiver.
The polling for the 90-member Meeting is scheduled in two phases on November 7 and 17. The counting of votes will happen on December 3.
Within the 2018 elections, the Congress received 68 of the entire 90 Meeting seats, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) got here second at 15. The Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) bagged 5 seats, and Bahujan Samaj Celebration (BSP) received two seats.
The Congress introduced its third record of seven candidates on Monday. With this third record, the Congress has now introduced the names of 90 candidates for the upcoming Meeting polls in Chhattisgarh.
First Printed: Oct 23 2023 | 6:34 PM IST