MUMBAI (Reuters) - The new leader of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is to waive up to $5.3 billion (4.20 billion pounds) of farm loans, becoming the latest area to offer relief ahead of a national election next year as farmers reel from losses caused by falling crop prices.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party lost the central state to Congress last week dealing Modi his biggest defeat since he took office in 2014 and boosting the opposition ahead of the vote next year.
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