Farmers should be given production subsidy on the pattern of investment subsidy given to industry - Sukhbir Badal
Farmers should be given production subsidy on the pattern of investment subsidy given to industry - Sukhbir Badal
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said production subsidy should be given to farmers on the pattern of investment subsidy given to the industry, even as he demanded registration of a case under section 420 IPC for cheating and forgery against chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
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Farmers should be given production subsidy on the pattern of investment subsidy given to industry - Sukhbir Badal[/caption]
Addressing news men here after interacting with party workers at Goniana and here, the SAD President said he had already made a request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for introducing production subsidy concept for farmers. Stating that the SAD would work to get this concept introduced, Mr Badal said this was essential to help farmers and ensure adequate income to them. “Farmers have no control over inputs like fertiliser and pesticides but their output is fixed as per government norms. This creates a dichotomy which should be addressed by granted them an annual subsidy”, he added.
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Speaking about the fraud committed by Capt Amarinder on the farmers of Punjab, the SAD President said Amarinder had given a signed affidavit to farmers stating that he Capt Amarinder would waive off their complete loans if elected to power. “People elected him to power but he did not honour his signed affidavit. This amounts to cheating and a case under Section 420 IPC should be registered against him”. He said a similar affidavit had also been given to youth promising them smartphones which promise also had not been fulfilled till now.
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Farmers should be given production subsidy on the pattern of investment subsidy given to industry - Sukhbir Badal[/caption]
Mr Badal also asked Capt Amarinder to tell why he was not disclosing whether he had asked Congress President Rahul Gandhi to expel 1984 genocide perpetrator Jagdish Tytler and remove ‘84 culprit Kamal Nath as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh during his recent meeting with him. Mr Badal said Capt Amarinder should also decide whether he represented Punjabis as their chief minister or the Gandhi family. “People want to know this”, he added.
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Speaking on the occasion,Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said Capt Amarinder was trying to befool Punjabis by stating that central funds had not been received to initiate work on the Kartarpur Corridor. She said union minister Nitin Gadkari had already made it clear that funds would be released once the Punjab government acquired land for the same. “If the Punjab government does not acquire land then it can’t blame the centre for its failure”, she added.
