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Remove hurdles in wheat procurement or face protests: SAD issues ultimatum to Punjab Govt

Chandigarh, April 17, 2021 (Yes Punjab News)
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today issued an ultimatum to the Congress government to remove hurdles being put in the procurement of wheat in the next two days or be ready to face Statewide protests.

In a statement here, former MP Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra said even as procurement had started ten days late, it was further delayed due to lack of preparedness on the part of the State government. He said the severe shortage of gunny bags was set to lead to a glut in the ‘mandis’ which were already facing labour problems.

Asserting that farmers were being forced to wait for long periods in ‘mandis’ to sell their wheat produce, Prof Chandumajra said the callous attitude of the Congress government towards the woes of farmers indicated that it was hand in glove with the central government in harassing them.

“Farmers are suffering due to the three hated Agricultural laws. They also faced inclement weather and the Covid pandemic. Now they are victim to the utter insensitivity of the government which has failed to ensure smooth procurement of wheat.

In case the government does not take immediate measures to restore order in the ‘mandis’ we will stage protests keeping in view all pandemic norms”.

Prof Chandumajra also asked chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to take action against Food and Civil Supplies minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu for failing to place orders for gunny bags in time. He said Ashu was blatantly lying that orders for used gunny bags were placed late and opened only yesterday because the central government delayed giving permission for the same.

“If this is so how come the Haryana government placed the same tender and even opened it ten days back to corner the lion’s share of used gunny bags available in the market?”, he asked.

The SAD leader also asserted that the government was making wrong claims of providing facilities to safeguard against Covid to farmers. He said contrary to claims foot operated taps had not been installed in ‘mandis’ till now.

He said similarly there was no facility to provide sanitizers and masks as claimed. He said forget providing these facilities, the government had not even provided power facility in most ‘mandis’ to operate fans for the convenience of farmers.

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