SAD asks Centre to reconsider implementing DBT scheme in Punjab
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday asked Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to oppose the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for government purchase of food grains resolutely instead of seeking time to implement the same.
It also asked the Centre to reconsider imposing the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme forcefully on Punjab.
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Former Minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said Captain Amarinder Singh was at fault for agreeing to implement the scheme from the forthcoming ‘rabi’ season.
“It is because of this acquiescence of the chief minister that the union government is now compelling the government to implement the scheme immediately,” Cheema said.
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Dr Cheema said the chief minister had even failed to meet the Prime Minister on this issue for the last year. “Similarly no effort has been made to take along all other political parties to form a consensus so that the move to infringe on the powers of the State as well as weaken the federal system could be stopped in its tracks”.
Asserting that the Congress government had never opposed the proposed DBT system, the SAD leader said Captain Amarinder Singh had meekly surrendered before the central government and agreed to its unjust dictates knowing full well that the farmers of the State did not want the application of the new system in Punjab.
He said it was unfortunate that even now, despite being aware of the sentiments of the farmers, the chief minister had not told the Centre that the State would not implement the DBT scheme.
Shiromani Akali Dal leader also asked the central government to reconsider implementing the DBT scheme in Punjab.
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