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Alarming spurt in farmers' suicides –SAD

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Alarming spurt in farmers' suicides –SAD
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Alarming spurt in farmers' suicides –SAD Shiromani Akali Dal today asked the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to explain the alarming spurt in the number of farmers' suicides in the state under the Congress regime despite his tall claims on debt waiver.
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Also Read: SAD condemns Cong govt for indulging in vendetta politics by registering case against Kolianwali. SAD Alarming spurt in farmers' suicides –SAD " Even conservative estimates by independent agencies reveal that 1090 farmers have already committed suicide during just over 700 days of the Congress misrule And the figure does not include members of farmers families including women and children who have been forced to take the extreme step under sheer economic and psychological frustration following th heartless betrayal by Amarinder. Punjabis believed him because he swore by the sacred " Charan" of Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji Maharaj. No one could believe he would commit such an outrageous sacrilege. And now, the dashing of high hopes has led to extreme frustration resulting in the alarming rise in the number of suicides by farmers, not counting suicides by the unemployed youth," said the senior Akali leader Balwinder Singh Bhunder here today. Also Read: Cong govt’s callous, inhuman attitude pushing fire hit farmers into jaws of death: SAD
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SAD Alarming spurt in farmers' suicides –SAD In a statement Mr Bhunder said that even on the nominal debt waiver implemented by the Congress govt, farmers have been swindled by local Congress leaders In league with the revenue and other officials. " The Congress leaders are receiving cuts from the little waiver ordered by  the State govt, denying any relief to the targeted segment of farmers. In addition, less than 60 percent deserving farmers have received a pittance of a relief whereas Amarinder had   under oath on Guru's sacred 'charan' promised complete waiver of all kinds of debt for all farmers in the state. " it is a heartless betrayal of the beleaguered farmers by Amarinder.  They trusted his oath and now they feel cheated. " Also Read: Congress govt cheated and betrayed trust of Pbis by reneging on each and every promise made to them SAD Alarming spurt in farmers' suicides –SAD As an instance , the Akali leader quoted a recent report which revealed that in three villages of Sangrur alone, not a single farmer out of nearly 600 identified beneficiaries had received the promised waiver. These farmers were listed in Phase I & II.  The affected farmers are shuttling from one office to the other without any outcome. Farmers of these villages alone have been robbed of nearly 60 Lakhs by officers and Congress leaders. When you expand this figure to cover 12500 villages in the state, you get an idea of the scam under the so called debt waiver scheme. Hundreds of crores, if not more , have been siphoned off by Congressmen in league with officialdom while poor farmers cry for relief, said the Akali leader, adding that this was in addition to the fact that Amarinder had backed out o his promise on complete debt waiver for all farmers in the state. - PTC NEWS-
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