Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, July 24-
Aam aadmi Parti Punjab's General and Secretary and Chairman Punjab Mandi Board, Harchand Singh Barsat, strongly criticized the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's for presenting the budget that blatantly ignores Punjab.
He stated that this budget has been issued to appease BJP's allied parties and safeguard the Lame Central government. The Central government has completely ignored Punjab in this budget, whereas additional financial packages have been granted states like Bihar and Andhra Pradesh to appease them. Being a border state, Punjab continues to suffer from the international level drugs, yet the Modi government has not provided any special package for Punjab. Last year, Punjab had to bear the brunt of floods, yet the Central government did not extend any special package to Punjab.
Barsat, while targeting Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu, said that Bittu should tell the people of Punjab what he has brought from the Central Government for food processing and what is his planning for the development of Punjab. He said that in fact Ravneet Bittu and Sunil Jakhar have made it easy for the BJP to destroy the economic resources of Punjab. While both of them, being Punjabis, should raise their voice for the better future of Punjab.