Sachin Pilot hints at waiving off farm loans

By Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, FEB 10

While the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has laid stress on furthering the pro-farmer and pro- poor policies of former Union Minister late Mr Rajesh Pilot, the Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, Mr Sachin Pilot  said that the UPA Government would not hesitate to  implement another scheme to waive off farm loans, if the need arose.

          They both were addressing a ‘Kissan Sammelan’ near village Ghata in Gurgaon where Mr Hooda unveiled a statue of late Mr Rajesh Pilot on his 69^th birthday today. Mr Hooda also announced that the road from Southern Peripheral Road to village Kadarpur would be named after Rajesh Pilot. . Promoting his ideology will be the true homage to the departed leader, Mr Hooda added.

          Mr Hooda said Mr Pilot was respected for his fearless views, particularly about the farmers and the poor and it was due to his efforts that the Congress party and the government emphasized on pro-farmer and pro-poor policies. The UPA government under the guidance of Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Prime Ministership of Dr Manmohan Singh waived off the loans of the farmers upto Rs 70,000 crore. For the poor, the Congress started the MNREGA Scheme and other pro-poor programmes both for rural and urban areas, which have helped in raising the living standard of the poor.

          Calling as Mr Rajesh Pilot as friend and elder brother, Mr Hooda said that our views about the farmers and the poor were similar and I was impressed by the forceful manner, in which he used to put up his views. His statue has been established, so that the future generation remembers his contribution to the service of the country and tries to follow his ideals. Mr Hooda said that today’s youth is actively taking part in politics and the future of the country is safe in the hands of youth leaders like Mr Rahul Gandhi and Mr Sachin Pilot. Mr Hooda was all praise for Sachin Pilot, son of Mr Rajesh Pilot, and said that he was following the footsteps of his father and serving farmers and poor sections of the society. When Mr Sachin Pilot was speaking, it looked as if the soul of Mr Rajesh Pilot was there, Mr Hooda said.

Thanking Mr Hooda and other dignitaries and admirers of Late Mr Rajesh Pilot, who had come to the Kissan Sammelan, Mr Sachin Pilot said that we have to fulfill the aspirations of common people of the country, particularly the poor and the farmers. The coming generation, otherwise will ask the question, as to what we have done for the farmers, for common people and for bridging the gap between the rural and urban areas. “We have to help them in coming up and we have tried to help farmers by raising the MSP of their produce”, Mr Sachin Pilot maintained. He said that in Haryana, the Chief Minister Mr Hooda is pursuing the welfare policies for the poor and farmers and the state is progressing under his leadership. That is why the people have given the Congress government a second chance. We are thankful to Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Rahul Gandhi for giving the youth an opportunity to serve the country by including them in the Council of Ministers, he said.

Gurgaon Member of Parliament Rao Inderjeet Singh also paid tributes to Mr Rajesh Pilot and said that he is proud that his statue has been installed in his constituency. He also appreciated the way in which Mr Sachin Pilot is working. Recalling the Kolkata AICC session, Rao Inderjeet said that there were so many speakers, who spoke on that occasion, but it was the straight forward speech of Mr Rajesh Pilot, which he remembered the most.

          Rohtak MP Mr Deepender Singh Hooda said that in his brief life span Mr Rajesh Pilot had left a permanent imprint in the politics of the country. Whenever somebody met him, he was enthused to do something for the country and the people. About Sachin Pilot he said that he is firmly following his father’s ideals. Whenever he speaks in the Lok Sabha, everybody listens to him with keen interest. When I met Sachin Pilot for the first time in Lok Sabha after election, I felt as if I had met my brother.

Mrs Rama Pilot, wife of late Mr Rajesh Pilot, thanked the dignitaries and the people, who had come all the way from different parts of Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Mrs Pilot said that earlier she asked Mr Rajesh Pilot to go and serve the country and now her son Sachin is following his footsteps. Today, what I am, it is because of your love and blessings, she said.

          Earlier, Haryana Minister Mahender Pratap Singh, CPS Rao Dan Singh and Dharamvir, MLA Rao Dharampal and others also paid their tributes to late Mr Rajesh Pilot and described him a great Kissan Leader.

Others  present on the occasion included Haryana Minister Rao Narender Singh, Rajasthan Minister Babu Lal Nagar, Two CPS from Delhi Mr Nasib Singh and Anil Bhardwaj, Rajasthan CPS Mr Rajender SinghVidhudi, Ex MP Ramesh Chand Tomar and a number of other local leaders.