Congress govt used farmers as vote bank AAP leader
Chandigarh Oct 24 PTI The Congress government in Punjab never fulfilled promises made to farmers and used them as a vote bank alleged state AAP MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Sunday Sandhwan who is his partys farmer wing president said like former CM Amarinder Singh the Charanjit Channi-led government neither waived farmers debt nor compensated them for crop loss The Congress government has never fulfilled its promises made to the farmers and used them only as a vote bank he said Sandhwan demanded that the Channi government give full compensation to farmers whose crop was damaged by recent showers and pest attack He said due to inclement weather relaxation should be given on moisture content in paddy so that farmers do not have to face hassles in grain markets Sandhwan claimed that the government agencies procuring paddy were not lifting the crop on the pretext of high moisture content and farmers were facing a lot of inconvenience Sandhwan appealed to the CM to meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put pressure on the Union government for relaxation in condition regarding moisture content Hitting out at the state and Union government he said they were not paying any heed to farmers concerns These governments are limited only to tall claims in the name of the farmers They have nothing to do with solving the problems of farmers he added PTI SUN RDK RDK
Chandigarh Oct 24 PTI The Congress government in Punjab never fulfilled promises made to farmers and used them as a vote bank alleged state AAP MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Sunday Sandhwan who is his partys farmer wing president said like former CM Amarinder Singh the Charanjit Channi-led government neither waived farmers debt nor compensated them for crop loss The Congress government has never fulfilled its promises made to the farmers and used them only as a vote bank he said Sandhwan demanded that the Channi government give full compensation to farmers whose crop was damaged by recent showers and pest attack He said due to inclement weather relaxation should be given on moisture content in paddy so that farmers do not have to face hassles in grain markets Sandhwan claimed that the government agencies procuring paddy were not lifting the crop on the pretext of high moisture content and farmers were facing a lot of inconvenience Sandhwan appealed to the CM to meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put pressure on the Union government for relaxation in condition regarding moisture content Hitting out at the state and Union government he said they were not paying any heed to farmers concerns These governments are limited only to tall claims in the name of the farmers They have nothing to do with solving the problems of farmers he added PTI SUN RDK RDK
