Ahmed Patel-Union Minister Nitin Gadkari meet raises eyebrows

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Wednesday met BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, triggering speculation in view of the stalemate in government formation in Maharashtra. However, Patel, Congress Treasurer, insisted that politics was not discussed at all during his meeting with Gadkari, who hails from Maharashtra. He said he went to meet Gadkari on the issue of farmers. He also released a letter written to Gadkari regarding the MSME sector of Gujarat, raising concern about the increasing bad loans in it. He said bad loans in the MSME sector in Gujarat had risen to 23 percent in the first quarter. “I would also like to bring to your notice the urgent need to expand the Central government’s MSME-Cluster Development program to Gujarat as tribal districts. It’s important that we are able to develop industrial clusters in states’ most backward regions,” Patel wrote in the letter.

“The MSME sector is the backbone of the Indian economy. The employment crisis and the economic slowdown will not be solved unless we resolve the problems of small businesses,” he said. (IANS)

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