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Mansa/Bathinda/Chandigarh, August 4: Lambasting the Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal and the Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal for ditching the farmers on proposed amendments to the land bill from which the Narendra Modi government had now backtracked, the state Congress President Mr Partap Singh Badal described the development as a first major victory for the Congress which had maintained consistent pressure under the aggressive and dynamic leadership of Mr Rahul Gandhi.
While speaking to the Media person in Mansa today Mr Bajwa said it was the UPA II that had adopted the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act in 2013 to protect the interests of the farmers which was also supported by the BJP at that time. However, after coming into power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lost no time in issuing an ordinance to amendment the act to remove all the pro-farmer clauses under pressure from the corporates who had funded the BJP poll campaign.
Mr Bajwa asserted it was the Congress which maintained consistent pressure on the NDA and mobilised the farming community in the entire country. He said it was Mr Rahul Gandhi who vociferously opposed the amendments both inside and outside the Parliament.
He pointed out that on the other hand, the Akali Dal preferred not to oppose the anti-farmer bill in the Lok Sabha that thoroughly exposed the party.
He accused Mr Badal of neglecting the farmers in the state. He especially referred to the ground situation in a number of villages where people were suffering from fatal diseases but the government had failed to come to their rescue.
He said the latest case was that of villages in Sardulgarh area Hepatitis C had spread like epidemic. The two villages which was the most effected were Phoos Mandi and Ahloopur. The cost of treatment was prohibitive but the state government had failed to come to their rescue.
He slammed the Badal government for this criminal indifference to the sufferings of the people and demanded immediate financial assistance to the [patients.
Mr Bajwa today attended the bhog ceremony of the victims of Manikaran bus tragedy in village Joga of Mansa District. He interacted with the bereaved families one on one. He assured the families that very soon he along with S Ajit Inder Singh Mofar will lead a delegation to the chief minister of punjab S Parkash Singh a badal and demand at least compensation to the tune of Rs Ten Lakh to each family immediately. He also assured that he will take up this matter with the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Sh Virbhadra Singh that the already announced compensation should be released immediately and the recovery operation should be taken at war footing.
Mr. Bajwa was accompanied by Sh. Ajit Inder Singh Mofar MLA, Sh. Bikram Singh Mofar DCC President Mansa, Raj Kumar Lambardar, Ashok Kumar Ex President DCC Bathinda Urban, Sh. Babaljit Singh Khyala, Sh. Jaswant Singh Pahade bhaike, Comardae Gurmeet Singh Joga, Sh. Surinder Ahluwalia, Sh. Khushbaz Singh Jattana, Sh. Tushpinder Bhopal Youth Halqa Mansa, Sarpanch Appi Chabar, Sh. Amrik Singh Sarpanch, Sh. Binder Singh, Mega Singh Pardhan Nagar Council Joga, Sh. Charanjit Kala, Sh. Gaggar Singh INTUC President Laloana, Sh. Makhan Singh Ralla and Tony Kotara
