Punjab polls Cong evades question on SSM ticket to R-Day violence accused Lakha Sidhana
New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The Congress on Monday refused to comment on the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha SSM fielding Lakha Sidhana an accused in the Republic Day violence at Red Fort last year in the upcoming Punjab assembly electionsCongress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the real issue is what the government has done for the welfare of farmers and why Ajay Mishra Teni continues to be the Union minister even though his son is the prime accused in the case of mowing down of farmers Lakhimpur Kheri Uttar PradeshI dont think the issue is about who is fielding whom It is about what is this government doing for farmers We are six days short of February 2022 when farmers income was supposed to be doubled The reality is that the average farmer in India is earning an average of Rs 27 per day What is the government doing about it Shrinate told reportersWe are living in a regime where Ajay Mishra Teni continues to be the Union minister while his son is the main accused she addedShe also cited Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Maliks recent claims against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the farmers issuesWhen Malik met Modi he told him that 500 farmers have died but the prime minister asked whether they had died for him she saidThe Congress leader asked why the government has increased the cost of agriculture by Rs 25000 per hectare by inflating the cost of diesel pesticides and fertilisers She also highlighted the death of a farmer in Uttar Pradeshs Lalitpur while waiting for his turn at fertiliser shop for two daysThese are the questions that one needs to raise and I think the foremost question is how Ajay Mishra Teni still a minister she askedSSM is a political front launched by 22 farmers unions to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab It fielded gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana from the Maur assembly constituency in its list of 34 candidates released on Sunday PTI SKC RHL RHL
New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The Congress on Monday refused to comment on the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha SSM fielding Lakha Sidhana an accused in the Republic Day violence at Red Fort last year in the upcoming Punjab assembly electionsCongress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the real issue is what the government has done for the welfare of farmers and why Ajay Mishra Teni continues to be the Union minister even though his son is the prime accused in the case of mowing down of farmers Lakhimpur Kheri Uttar PradeshI dont think the issue is about who is fielding whom It is about what is this government doing for farmers We are six days short of February 2022 when farmers income was supposed to be doubled The reality is that the average farmer in India is earning an average of Rs 27 per day What is the government doing about it Shrinate told reportersWe are living in a regime where Ajay Mishra Teni continues to be the Union minister while his son is the main accused she addedShe also cited Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Maliks recent claims against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the farmers issuesWhen Malik met Modi he told him that 500 farmers have died but the prime minister asked whether they had died for him she saidThe Congress leader asked why the government has increased the cost of agriculture by Rs 25000 per hectare by inflating the cost of diesel pesticides and fertilisers She also highlighted the death of a farmer in Uttar Pradeshs Lalitpur while waiting for his turn at fertiliser shop for two daysThese are the questions that one needs to raise and I think the foremost question is how Ajay Mishra Teni still a minister she askedSSM is a political front launched by 22 farmers unions to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab It fielded gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana from the Maur assembly constituency in its list of 34 candidates released on Sunday PTI SKC RHL RHL
