Chandigarh, June 16, 2020 (Yes Punjab News)
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee today decided to launch a statewide mass agitation from June 19 against the Central Government’s amendments in the Agricultural Marketing Act.
PPCC president Mr. Sunil Jakhar announced this after presiding over a meeting of ministers, MPs, MLAs and other office bearers here today. He said that the Union Government had recently enacted three new laws regarding marketing of crops. All these were tantamount to locking up agriculture once they are implemented, it will not be possible for the agriculture sector to continue.
The Union Government has planned to completely destroy the farmers by implementing the amended law, he added.
Mr. Jakhar said that the party would launch state-wide campaign to create awareness among the farmers and other sections about the adverse effects of these laws on the entire economy of Punjab. The agitation that will start from Fatehgarh Sahib would be followed by
similar small gatherings at all the district headquarters to inform the MLAs and DCC officials, Sarpanches, Zila Parishad and Block Samiti members about the adverse effects of these laws on the farmers, they will further brief people in detail about the hidden agenda of the BJP and Akali Dal’s studded silence on the issue.
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State Congress chief said that the Union Government conspired to abolish MSP for crops. If this happens then not only the farmers but also the Arhtiya, transporters and other stakeholders in the sector will suffer and it finally this will prove fatal to the interests of
the states. In order to ensure food security of the country and the interests of crores of farmers, it was imperative to maintain the MSP.
In the states where such market laws were enforced, farmers are being looted allegedly on a large scale. Besides, the Union government’s move is also against the spirit of the federal structure of the country. This would affect the revenue from marketing of crops to the states whereas this amount is spent for the development in villages, Jakhar said.
On the occasion Mr. Jakhar appealed to party functionaries to go from village to village to apprise people of central government’s fatal policies for farmers and inform them about its adverse effects. “Whenever approval is given in view of Covid threat, the Punjab MLAs would also march from Punjab Bhawan to the Prime Minister’s residence, he added.
Cabinet Ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, MP Dr. Amar Singh, MLAs Amrik Singh Dhillon, Barindermeet Singh Pahra, Darshan Singh Brar, Dharamvir Agnihotri, Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal, Gurkirat Singh, Gurpreet Singh GP, Harminder Singh Gill, Harpartap Singh Ajnala, Kulbir Singh Zira, Kuljit Singh Nagra, Lakhvir Singh Lakha, Pritam Singh Kotbhai, Rajinder Singh, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Tarsem Singh DC, Ch. Surinder Singh, Navtej Singh Cheema, Sukhpal Singh Bhullar, Avtar Sanghera, Amit Vij, Sukhjit Singh Kaka Lohgarh, Hardyal Singh Kamboj, Davinder Ghubaya, Raj Kumar Verka and Inderbir Bolaria, DCC presidents Sanjeev Bains, K.K. Nanda, Deepinder Singh Dhillon and Khushbaz Singh Jatana, Punjab Youth Congress president Barinder Singh Dhillon, NSUI state president Akshay Sharma, Political Secretary to CM Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu and others were also present.
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