Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi while addressing a rally in Jharkhand’s Simdega said that if voted back to power, the Congress will raise reservation cap above 50 per cent. The Congress leader also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi waived loans of capitalists worth Rs 16 lakh cr and blamed his party for easing farmers’ debts.

Accusing the PM, Rahul Gandhi said, “Let me tell you about Manipur… They (BJP) burnt Manipur and to date, the Prime Minister of India hasn’t visited there. It means that they have accepted the fact that there is no state like Manipur. Manipur was burnt because of the ideology of the BJP…”