MP, June 08: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and other senior party leaders were detained by police when they tried to make their way to Mandsaur, ground zero of the protests in MP.
Hundreds of Congress workers as well as senior leaders,f Sachin Pilot and Madhya Pradesh legislator Jaiwardhan Singh also courted arrest. They were taken to the guesthouse of a cement company, reports said.
Gandhi said that Modi could waive loans worth Rs 1.50 lakh crore of the rich but not for farmers. He can't give the right rates for their agricultural produce, can't give compensation.
Gandhi had walked for close to 100 metres before entering Madhya Pradesh from Dalia village in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district.
There are almost 2,000 people and nearly 150 vehicles with Gandhi, reports said.
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