Farmers Movement Archive

Cong top brass will decide CM face, says Pargat

Jalandhar: After Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar launched ‘Captain for 2022’ campaign, Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh has said making such announcement is prerogative of the party high command. “This has been the precedent and practice always. It’s for the high command to decide not just the name of the next CM candidate, but also the timing for making such announcement,” he said while speaking to TOI on Thursday. He also said the farm movement has also been fuelled by the dissatisfaction among people with political parties and leadership. “The dissatisfaction has been brewing among people and when farm bills were brought, farm unions took the lead and played the role which political leadership should have played to address their issues,” he argued. Pargat said though some good steps were taken by the Congress government, some important issues of the state, like ending illegal mining, examining power purchase agreements signed during SAD-BJP regime and enquiry into gap of Rs 31,000 crore between the expenditure on grain procurement and payment received from union government, which was converted into loan just before the polls despite the fragile financial health of Punjab, were still pending. “Need is to take these issues also to the logical conclusion,” he added.

The Times of India

2021-02-26

Chandigarh