Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made a flurry of promises in UP

In poll bound UP, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday made a flurry of poll promises, including farm loan waiver and purchasing wheat and paddy at Rs 2500 per quintal. Addressing a gathering at Gorakhpur in UP. she said that If the Congress is voted to power, then fisheries will be given the status of agriculture, and it will get all the facilities like agriculture. The rights of people of the Nishad community will be restored in sand mining and fisheries. Apart from this, a university named after Guru Machendranath will also be set up," she said.

Ms Vadra further announced that the entire loans of the farmers will be waived. Wheat and paddy will be purchased at Rs 2,500 per quintal, while sugarcane will be purchased at Rs 400 per quintal. The problem of stray cattle will be resolved on the lines of Chhattisgarh, and a complete solution will be evolved, The Congress general secretary added that government jobs will be given to 20 lakh youths, while contractual workers will be regularised.The Anganwadi workers will get an honorarium of Rs 10,000, and women will get three free cylinders in a year, she promised.. She also said that Rs 25,000 will be given to families who have lost their livelihood due to COVID-19.