BKU Demands CBI probe in Pesticides scam
Author(s): City Air NewsBKU leaders at a high level meeting. Chandigarh, October 10, 2015: Today a high level meeting of the Bharti Kisan Union was held at the head office of BKU which was attended by S.Bhupinder Singh Mann Ex MP and National...
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BKU leaders at a high level meeting.
Chandigarh, October 10, 2015: Today a high level meeting of the Bharti Kisan Union was held at the head office of BKU which was attended by S.Bhupinder Singh Mann Ex MP and National President BKU, S.Baldev Singh Mianpur President BKU Punjab and Gurbachan Singh Bajwa Gen Secretary Punjab. The meeting was held to deliberate issues of farmers and submit a jointly signed memorandum to President of India to press the demands of farmers of Punjab who are passing through the worst ever crisis in agrarian history of Punjab. S.Mianpur informed that time has been sought from President's office for a delegation of farmers to also submit the memorandum in person and this meeting was held apropos big rally at Jalalabad yesterday and demands raised therein.
In a hard hitting statement, BKU leaders expressed deep anguish against the Akali BJP Government on the failure of the cotton crop and also compared the condition of farmers during the government of Capt. Amarinder Singh. The Kisan leaders urged the farmers and labourers to unite and through away the Akali BJP government in the next elections.
In the meeting, the BKU leaders ridiculed Punjab CM and Punjab Deputy CM for giving clean chit to Agriculture Minister even when the inquiry is midway. The anti farmer policies of the government have forced the farmers to block the rails. Most shocking and insensitive is the statement by Sukhbir Singh Badal when he said that the farmer’s agitations are politically motivated, they said.
They said that BT cotton was introduced by Capt. Amarinder Singh during his Government and during his tenure of five years the farmers did not face any problem in selling their produce in the mandis. Now the Akali BJP government, in order to fill their own pockets, have pushed spurious pesticides which has virtually wiped out the entire crop of cotton this year and this will have severe long term socio economic ramifications.
S.Bhupinder Singh Mann Ex MP said that if people want to save the farmers of Punjab, they have to ensure and make all sincere efforts to make Amarinder Singh’s Government in 2017 so that Punjab can be saved. He appealed to all Punjabis to come together to save Punjab and its future generations.
The BKU leaders cautioned the farmers to be beware of those Kisan Organizations who are acting like puppets in the hands of Akali Government. These Kisan Organizations are used by Badal to divert the attention of the failures of his own government and blame the Center Government. These farmer leaders are wearing a mask of being farmer friendly but actually they are misguiding the farmers for furthering their own benefit by dancing to the tunes of the Government.
Date:
Saturday, October 10, 2015
