Cong true well-wisher of farmers, Dalits: Digvijay

Ferozabad, Nov 5 : Congress general secretary and Uttar Pradesh affairs in charge Digvijay Singh today claimed only his party was the real well-wisher of the farmers as well as the Dalits.

Mr Singh said this while electioneering in favour of Raj Babbar, the Congress candidate from Ferozabad Lok Sabha seat, on the last day of campaigning.

He claimed only Congress had remained concerned about the rights of the farmers and the Dalits.

''All other parties, including the ruling BSP, were working against their benefits,'' the senior Congress leader asserted.

Union minister of state for Telecommunication Sachin Pilot, addressing a public meet here said the central government gave a big relief to the farmers by waiving 7,000 crores loan on them.

He said the farmers were facing the wrath of natural calamities, while the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government was misusing people's money on parks and statues.

Ferozabad is the lone Lok Sabha seat which is going to by-elections on November 7. The seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Samajwadi Party state unit president Akihlesh Yadav.

the son of party president Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Akhilesh's wife Dimple is in the race from the seat against Raj Babbar.

--UNI

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