Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, The Congress is preparing to launch an attack on the SAD-BJP government in the Assembly during the Budget session starting March 8. “We have a lot of ammunition at our disposal to launch a political attack on the government,” said Charanjit Singh Channi, Leader of Opposition and Congress MLA.The BJP had announced to implement the Swaminathan Commission report before the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, but it did not happen. The farmers were feeling cheated, he said.“The issue will be raised in the Assembly to corner the SAD-BJP combine,” he said. “The farm sector is in deep crisis. A large number of farmers and landless labourers have committed suicide in recent months. The government has done nothing. We will pressure the CMto stage a dharna in Delhi to get loans of farmers waived. We will be also join the protest,” Channi said. The Congress would urge the Badal government to directly transfer the power subsidy into the accounts of farmers.The Congress would also raise the issue of slashing the number of pensioners and “dormant” Atta-Dal scheme.
