Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday requested AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal to not “inform white lies to befool farmers” in Gujarat within the run-up to the meeting elections there. In a press release, former minister and Akali chief Daljit Singh Cheema mentioned it was surprising that Kejriwal was claiming in Gujarat that the AAP authorities in Punjab was giving minimal assist value on 5 crops and that the identical components can be replicated in Gujarat.
“The reality is that the central authorities is procuring wheat and paddy on MSP in Punjab via the Meals Company of India. Equally, the Cotton Company of India procures cotton. “Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had urged farmers to sow moong and promised to obtain your complete crop on an MSP of Rs 7,250 per quintal however didn’t even procure ten per cent of this crop. The Punjab authorities has equally failed to obtain maize,” he alleged. Asking Kejriwal to not give false hopes to farmers of Gujarat, Cheema mentioned the farmers ought to come to Punjab and see the bottom actuality for themselves.
“The reality is that farmers are indebted as a result of they believed the AAP authorities and went in for big scale cultivation of maize and moong,” he mentioned. The SAD chief mentioned removed from giving MSP on all crops, the Punjab authorities had nonetheless not given compensation to farmers whose crops had been broken as a result of premature rains.
With inputs from News18
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