Jalandhar October 23, 2021 (Yes Punjab News)
The Shiromani Akali Dal President S.Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the Congress as a party was already dead in Punjab and what was left were only Kabeelas (tribes) and this was why everyone was suffering with even sugarcane growers being denied the State Assured Price (SAP) of Rs 360 per quintal by sugar mills.
“There is Channi, Sidhu, Jakhar, Randhawa Kabeela and so on.” said Mr Badal while addressing media persons here and went on to add “even these Kabeelas are going to disintegrate into countless more entity with Congmen indulging in a free for all to destroy one another”.
Lashing out at the Congress government, the SAD President said “Channi’s government in Punjab is in complete chaos with the right hand not knowing what the left is doing and every one acting on their own. It’s exactly like what Punjabis saw in 1996 when Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhatal replaced CM Harcharan Brar. February 2022 is going to be a repeat February 1997 when the Congress party only won only 14 seats.”
Mr Badal also asked the CM Channi “to come clean on whether he had disowned the entire Congress manifesto of 2017. He must clarify his stand on complete loan waiver to all farmers, 25 lakh jobs to youth, Rs 2500 per month to all unemployed, free sugar and tea to all poor and mobile phones to the youth. It is high time Channi broke his silence on these promises to which he was also a party”.
The SAD President also asked the chief minister to tell why he had not taken prompt action to address the problems of sugarcane and cotton growers. He said even though the State government had announced a SAP of Rs 360 per quintal, the sugar mills were not ready to pay this price. “The mills are not entering into bonds with farmers to purchase cane at the SAP announced by the State.
It is also most unfortunate that the SAP has not been notified due to which there are apprehensions that it may not be honoured by the mills”. Mr Badal also asked the chief minister to release compensation to farmers afflicted by the pink bollworm attack quickly. He said it was unfortunate that even though no compensation had been given to farmers, the government was proclaiming the same through advertisements. He also asked Channi to resolve the DAP fertilizer shortage at the earliest.
Asking the chief minister to walk the talk, Mr Badal said he should not limit himself to making announcements alone. “Channi has made announcements totally Rs 15,000 crore in a little more than one month but no money had been released to make them a reality.
This amounts to befooling the people”. He also asked the chief minister to treat the martyrs of the Kisan Andolan at par with the four farmers who were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri and release Rs 50 lakh each on the pattern given to the Lakhimpur Kheri martyrs to all 800 Kisan Andolan martyrs”.
During his visit to Jalandhar city the SAD President received a rousing reception from SOI activists. Escorted by hundreds of motorcyclists, he visited Phagwara gate market, Band Bazar, Bansa wala bazar and model house road, where he interacted with locals, tasted some local food and obliged people with selfies.
Accompanied by party leadership, Mr Badal paid obeisance at Gurdwara Singh Sabha and Satguru Ravidass Dham in the city. He addressed various gathering in different parts of Jalandhar city and urged the voters to opt for a government which has a track record of inclusive development, ensuring peace and communal harmony.
Among others, Chandal Grewal, Jagbir Singh Brar, Pawan Tinu and Kulwant Singh Manan accompanied the party president.
He also visited former Deputy Mayor Parvesh Tangri and former Chairman Punjab Gau Sewa Commission Kimti Lal Bhagat. Mr Badal also appointed Parvesh Tangri as member of the Political Affairs Committee of the SAD.
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