Stop politicising tragedies, Capt to Kejriwal
Wednesday, 04/05/2016
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Chandigarh : Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to spell out why he was being selective in reaching out to the families of farmers committing suicide and asked him to “stop celebrating tragedies” .
“From past experience, we know you are fond of selling and celebrating tragedies to get a photo-op as you did after the attack on Pathankot airbase and you are doing it now,” Capt Amarinder told the Delhi CM, while referring to Aam Aadmi Party’s announcement of adopting the children of the farmer who committed suicide in Barnala over his inability to repay his debt. Capt Amarinder pointed out that there were hundreds of farmers who have committed suicide and their families also needed relief and rehabilitation.
“While providing relief to the Barnala farmer’s family is a nice gesture, will you also spell out as what you plan to do for other families whose earning heads also committed suicide?,” he asked Kejriwal in a statement here.
The PPCC president told AAP and its leader that “instead of resorting to theatrics and photo-ops,” he should come out with a plan for providing relief to farmers. “Agriculture is too serious and sensitive an issue for someone like you to understand”, Capt Amarinder said.
“You need a comprehensive policy and planning,” he said, adding, “we have already mooted a law to prevent dispossession of debt ridden farmers’ land or property as a first step.”
Had such a law been in place the Barnala farmer, whose family Kejriwal is planning to visit, would not have been forced to commit suicide, Capt Amarinder said.
“This is not the time to make political capital out of it but seriously think and come out with plans and measures that can prevent further suicides and loss of precious lives,” he said.
