Capt blames state govt for ‘distress sale’
Wednesday, 22/04/2015
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Chandigarh : Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today blamed the SAD-BJP government in Punjab for the “distress sale” of wheat by farmers as state agencies had “failed” to procure the produce on time. He warned that the farmers would be forced to come out on roads and it would be difficult for the government to control the situation.
“It is a double whammy for farmers as on the one hand they faced heavy losses to their crops due to bad weather and now they are being forced to go for distress sale,” Amarinder said in a statement issued here.
“Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal neither has a will nor any intent to look for the welfare of the farmers,” he observed. He said otherwise it should not be a big problem to make timely payment to the farmers.
Questioning the state agencies for not buying wheat on time, he said during his government it was ensured that the farmers were paid for their produce within 24 hours.
