Farmers Movement Archive

AAP MP Bhagwant Mann hits out at Cong govt over grain mkt shortages

Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday criticised the Congress government, pointing to problems faced by farmers due to poor procurement of wheat in mandis of the state. AAP state president and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann on Saturday visited and reviewed mandis in Sangrur district and listened to the problems of farmers. During the visit, AAP claimed, farmers told Mann that their wheat was not being purchased due to lack of gunny bags (bardana) in mandis, due to which they were facing a lot of problems. Describing the problem of an elderly farmer, Mann said for 20 days, these elderly farmers had been making rounds of mandi, but due to lack of gunnybags, their wheat was not being purchased, due to which their grain was getting spoiled. “If the crop was purchased on time, it would have reached safely in the warehouses by now, but wheat is getting spoiled lying in mandis,” he added. Mann said farmers were sufffering twofold as they had been protesting against farm laws on Delhi borders for five months and now the government was not buying their crop on time. He accused Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh of colluding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said BJP government at the Centre and the Congress government were “harassing the farmers”. Mann said this was the first time when farmers of Punjab were opposing both central and state governments.

The Times of India

2021-04-18

Chandigarh