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Akali Dal (SAD), led by its president Sukhbir Singh Badal, to encircle (gherao) Parliament to force the Central government to waive off farmers’ debts instead of indulging in theatrics outside the state Assembly on the issue.
Flaying Sukhbir’s call for a gherao of the Assembly on Tuesday, the first day of the Budget session, Amarinder Singh ridiculed him for shedding crocodile tears for the farmers after failing to do anything for them during 10 years of SAD and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule.
The CM said that the Akalis failed to extend even an iota of support to Punjab’s distressed farming community under their regime. They also did not do anything to persuade the BJP led Central government in the past four years to come out with a debt waiver scheme for the beleaguered farmers of the country, he added.
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“Sukhbir’s stand on the issue was preposterous considering the fact that despite his wife, Harsimrat, being a member of the Union Cabinet, and in spite of the fact that the BJP was an ally of his party, the SAD president had made no effort whatsoever to secure Central help for the debt-ridden farmers of Punjab,” said Amarinder Singh.
The CM further added that if Sukhbir was really concerned about the plight of the farmers he would have taken up the issue with the Centre and managed to secure some relief for the aggrieved community in the past four years.
Promising adequate provision for farm loan waiver in the 2018-19 budget, to be unveiled on 24 March, the CM said his government’s commitment on the issue was sacrosanct, as was evident from the steps taking in this regard so far.
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