Punjab Depot Holders, Karyana association meet Bajwa, lodge protest against SAD-BJP government

Chandigarh, December 30, 2013: The Punjab depot holders led by their President Bikar Singh today met PPCC President Partap Singh Bajwa and sought his intervention in getting their demands accepted by Center Government. They lodged their protest against callous attitude of SAD-BJP government.
The representatives of Depot holders body said that there were 26,00 depot holders in the state who were on strike for the last 45 days but SAD-BJP government was not addressing their grievances. They said that they were not given any salary or commission by Center or the State Government. They said that they had met the Food and Supply minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon who has failed to give any assurance to the, They also said that state authorities were shifting the responsibility on Center Government where as they have been working on behalf of state government to implement Atta-Dal scheme.
The Depot holders further said that they were paying the local carriage expenses from their pocket and facing it hard to survive under the given circumstances. They requested Bajwa to take up with center government their demands. Bajwa assured them to do the needful.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Karyana Retailers Association members led by President Omkar Goyal and Senior General Secretary Krishan Singla also met the PPCC President and apprised him of their problems. They demanded that the retailers who are selling food items should not be kept out of licencing under Food Safety and Standard Act 2006, withdraw condition of renewing licence and registration every year, set up laboratories at block level to test quality of food and district health officer be made responsible for adulteration in food.