Will waive farm loans if voted to power in Haryana: Selja

The Congress will announce a loan waiver for the poor and farmers in the state if voted to power, Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja has said.

In an interview to PTI, she said the Congress would not announce its chief ministerial candidate ahead of the elections and the same would be decided by the party high command after the polls.

The state Congress chief said the loan waiver promise would be part of the manifesto for the October 21 Haryana assembly polls and the document would be unveiled soon.

The Haryana Congress manifesto committee had submitted its report and final touches were being given to it, she said.

"When our government comes to power, we will waive loans of the poor, especially people who take small loans. We are also going to write off the loans of farmers who are being pushed to a corner and are suffering under the BJP government," she told PTI.

The Haryana Congress chief said the loan waiver would be implemented within days of assuming power as has been done in ...