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Shubhomoy Sikdar

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Baghel s rabri counter to revri culture jibe - The Untold Story

Amid the ongoing debate on revri, i.e. distributing freebies for votes, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said loan waivers for industrialists was akin to dishing out “ rabri” to them.

“I want to ask when we give loan waivers to our farmers here, you call them revri but when loans amounting to ten trillion rupees are waived off for ten industrialists, that is rabri being served to them,” said the Chief Minister, referring to the popular Indian milk-based dessert.

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