Minister accuses Centre for trying to cause damage to state's farming and disrupting its peace
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, October 22-
Punjab NRIs Affairs Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Tuesday accused the BJP led Centre Government for deliberately stalling the lifting of paddy crop from mandis in Punjab thus causing damage to the farming as well as disrupting peace of the state.
The Cabinet Minister stated that the non-procurement/lifting of paddy in the state was the result of a conspiracy hatched by the BJP led Union Government to harass the state's peasantry. The Centre is not only ensure the lifting of crop well within time but also not giving guarantee of Minimum Support Price, which led the farmers in crisis.
Dhaliwal said that he was surprised at the silence of the Prime Minister on this serious issue besides urging that the Prime Minister should immediately intervene so that the warehouses could get vacated in order to receive the delivery of paddy from mandis in Punjab. He said that the space in warehouses could only lead to lift the crop from mandis.