In Gujarat, interest on loans for Tata is 1 pc, farmers 12 pc: Rahul

Latur: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a dig at BJP's prime ministerial candiadte Narendra Modi saying the Gujarat Chief Minister gave loan to Tata in just 1 per cent interest. "Tata gets loan for 20 years in just 1 per cent interest while farmers get it on 12 per cent," Rahul said.

He also mocked the Gujarat model of development, calling it the "toffee model of development". "In Gujarat, Adani gets land in just Rupee 1, the same money which you spend to buy a toffee. It's a toffee model," Rahul said.

Rahul was addressing a rally in Maharashtra's Latur district and this was perhaps his first clear use of humour to attack his adversary.