Chandigarh, February 20, 2021 (Yes Punjab News)
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today demanded chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh resign for failing to waive off farmer loans following the suicide of a father-son duo in Dasuya, saying the lies and deceit of the Congress government had been unmasked.
The party also asked the central government to repeal the three Agricultural laws, saying Jagtar Singh and Kirpal Singh had clearly stated in their suicide note that they were also taking this extreme step due to the agony caused by the centre’s refusal to listen to the voice of the farming community.
Disclosing this here, former minister Bikram Singh Majithia said the father- son duo had exposed the lies of Capt Amarinder Singh who had taken a false oath in the name of the holy Gutka Sahib as well as the Dasam Pitah that he would waive off all farmer loans once elected to power.
“The suicide by the two farmers who owned only one acre of land proves that farmer loans have not been waived by the Congress government. In fact the farmers have even pointed out that the Congress government is wrongly claiming that it has waived of farmer loans.
This is ground enough for registration of a criminal case against the Punjab Congress President whose party has cheated farmers by making false promises in its election manifesto”.
Mr Bikram Majithia said hundreds of farmers had committed suicide during the last years of Congress rule after being distressed by the government’s refusal to waive off their loans despite promising to do so.
He said this figure, which had increased to 900, was testimony to the fraud played on innocent farmers. “We will take this ‘dhokebaaz’ government to task in the forthcoming budget session of the Vidhan Sabha and force it to fulfill the promises made to farmers of the State”.
Mr Majithia condemned the union government for mistreating the farming community by refusing to listen to lakhs of farmers who had gone to protest on the borders of Delhi during the last three month and were still camped there. “As many as 165 farmers have been martyred during these protests but even this figure is not sufficient to move the central government which is refusing to repeal the three Agricultural laws.
The SAD joins hands with Jagtar Singh and Kirpal Singh who gave up their lives to put an end to the three black laws. We will continue to oppose the black laws relentlessly”.
