Adopt Centre’s policy on relief: Capt
Wednesday, 21/09/2011
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110921/punjab.htm#10
Rejecting the offer of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to return 91 acres of land to the protesting Gobindpura farmers while denying compensation to others, PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh today said the state government should follow the policy adopted by the Centre and compensate all the farmers according to the prevailing market rate, guaranteeing their long-term rehabilitation.
“Returning the 91 acres will not solve the problem. Rather, in his characteristic Badal style, he is running away from the problem”, he said.
The PCC president expressed surprise as to what prevented the government from adopting the policy that had been approved by the Union Cabinet. “Does it need another agitation to compensate those farmers who were coerced into accepting the compensation earlier”, he asked.
Amarinder also said the need to “glorify SGPC results” betrayed the Deputy Chief Minister’s nervousness with the assembly elections just months away. “Sukhbir’s situation is like that of a drowning man trying to cling to a twig”, he remarked. He claimed that out of the total 1.8 crore voters in Punjab, only 57 lakh had participated in the SGPC elections and that only 15 lakh voters had polled in favour of the SAD.”
“On the one hand Sukhbir Badal is accusing the Congress of interference and at the same time claims to have “You do not have exclusive rights over Panthic leadership and opposing you does not mean opposing the Panth”, he told the Sukhbir.
