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SAD says farmers being made to pay the price for loot of State exchequer by Congressmen

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SAD says farmers being made to pay the price for loot of State exchequer by Congressmen
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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday said that the Punjab farmers were being made to pay the price for the loot of the State exchequer by Congressmen. It also said that the government is running away from releasing Rs 300 crore given by the centre to subsidize paddy stubble management machinery by giving an excuse in the Supreme Court that the same had been used to fight COVID-19. publive-image Former minister Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that it was shocking that the Congress government had submitted in the apex court that it had used the funds meant for purchasing 23,500 straw management machines to fight COVID-19 when it had not even fully utilized the funds received for the same from the centre.
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publive-image“The Punjab government seems to have misled the apex court as it had not utilized the Rs 6,000 disaster management funds which have accumulated with it. The Congress government has also admitted that it has not utilized Rs 60 crore accumulated with it as part of the CM Relief fund which is to be used exclusively to fight the COVID-19 pandemic”. publive-image Daljit Cheema said that this was not all. “Central funds have been received by the Punjab government under various heads to fight the pandemic. The government is yet to exhaust this money and submit utilization certificate for the same”. Also Read | Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: Rhea Chakraborty approaches SC with fresh plea against ‘unfair media trial’ The SAD leader said it the light of these facts, it was shocking that the government was running away from releasing funds to farmers to purchase straw management machines at subsidized rates. He said the government should explain why it was taking stringent action against farmers burning paddy stubble when it could not release the money to allow them to manage the same. -PTC News-
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