Farmers will be our first priority: Capt
Tuesday, 01/12/2015
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CHANDIGARH: Expressing concern over the rising number of suicides by farmers across the state, Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh promised a turnaround for them after the party forms the government.
“I understand the state of distress and despair you are going through, but I promise you that agriculture will be my first and foremost priority. During my tenure, farmers were getting good returns on their produce and prices of land had also gone substantially up. I promise you the return of same good old days where choice will be yours whether to make profits from agriculture or by selling off your land,” he said in a statement. He said chief minister Parkash Singh Badal was “callous and insensitive” towards the plight of farmers.
