Chandigarh, September 25:
Assuring the farmers of the state that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab government remains committed and duty-bound to safeguard their interests; the Finance Minister Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal today said that the fight against anti-farmers Agriculture Bills will continue till our last breath.
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Interacting with the media persons here, the Finance Minister said that the farm ordinances, which have been recently passed by the parliament, were primarily aimed at lifting the safety cover in the form of Minimum Support Price (MSP), thereby ruining the food growers of the country. He said that as a fact of the matter, the bills will severely affect not only farmers but every Punjabi.
किसानों का साथ देने के लिए आगे आए दुकानदार, 25 तारीख को बंद रखेंगे अपनी दुकानें
Urging all the Punjabis to act wisely in this hour of crisis, Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal stated that Punjabis are blessed with an indomitable spirit of hard work and indefatigable attitude against tyranny, oppression and injustice. Punjabis will not accept any such move that aims to harm farmers’ interests, and the Punjab Government will vehemently oppose these malicious attempts of BJP led Union Government. He categorically said that no one will be allowed to harm the interests of farmers at any cost.
3 दिन तक जारी रहेगा रेल रोको आंदोलन खेती ऑर्डिनेंस बिल रद्द करने की मांग को लेकर है आंदोलन
The agriculture bills will deprive the farmers of a safety cover in the form of MSP, stressed Mr. Badal, adding that the Rs.50 increase in MSP of wheat announced by the Modi government recently was the least in the previous decade (only 2.6 %). He said that this is despite the fact that the Commission for Agriculture Cost and Prices (CACP) had recommended an MSP increase of 6% in the wake of 8.4% food inflation. “This is a pointer that the Union government is dragging its feet from giving due MSP to farmers,” Manpreet Singh Badal said.
को रो ना काल में प्रतिमाह दिया जाए जोखिम भत्ता, उपलब्ध करवाए जाएं पीपीई किट, मास्क
Highlighting the significance of MSP to farmers, the Finance Minister said that besides ensuring well being of food growers, it also acts as a catalyst in the state’s development. He said in Punjab, procurement of food grains worth Rs 70,000 crore takes place every year. Mr. Badal said that the state receives Rs 3900 crore mandi fees annually, which is used for maintenance, repair, and upkeep of 65,000 kilometres of link roads, bridges, culverts, mandis, and other infrastructure.
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Citing three examples of the BJP government’s anti-Punjab stance, the Finance Minister said that Punjab has always borne this attitude’s brunt. He said that special tax concessions to hill states, the GST regime, and now this agriculture bills have broken the backbone of Punjab’s economy. Mr. Badal said that the worst part is that Shiromani Akali Dal has always been part and parcel of BJP’s anti-Punjab tirade.
Slamming the Shiromani Akali Dal Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal for shedding crocodile tears over the issue, the Finance Minister said that they are answerable to people as to why they were hand in glove with every anti-Punjab decision of the BJP. He said that Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who had recently resigned from the Union Cabinet, has not even uttered a single word against BJP and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Badal said that Sukhbir must remember that their hands can be either on the PM’s feet or the neck, adding that Akali Dal is presently trying to run both with rabbit and hunter, which is not feasible.
The Finance Minister said that Congress has always stood for protecting the interests of Punjab and Punjabis. He said that Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has saved the waters of the state during his last tenure, adding
-NAV GILL
