New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and handed over a memorandum on farmers' loan waiving demands.
Sources said that the meeting lasted for five minutes and Gandhi left after requesting the PM to look into the matter. "Farmers are committing suicide all over the country, government removed import duty on wheat; this is a devastating blow," Rahul said.
The delegation comprised Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh, leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, party's leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, and other senior MPs.
Meanwhile, during BJP Parliamentary Party meet, Modi slammed Congress and said that for them party is above the country but for the BJP country’s interests are supreme.
He said, “Earlier, Opposition would join hands against government over scams like 2G, coal gate but now Opposition is united against government's steps to curb black money and corruption."
He urged people to adopt digital economy as a way of life and appreciated Bihar and Odisha chief ministers for welcoming demonetisation.
To promote cash less society, party President Amit Shah told party MPs to spend a week in their constituency to explain the benefits of demonetisation.
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