Captain vs Badals in Punjab: War of words over farm loan waiver
Captain Amarinder was part of the delegation that was led by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi that had met the Prime Minister before the Assembly elections to seek relief for distressed farmers.
The war of words continues between Captain Amarinder Singh and the Badals. This time both are exchanging barbs on the issue of farm loan waiver.
Reacting to the allegation levelled by the Badals that he had backtracked on his farm loan waiver promise, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said, "The Badal father-son duo seem to be suffering from selective hearing and amnesia".
The Patiala MLA issued a statement wherein he alleged that the Badals had a propensity for misleading the people with their senseless and baseless statements against their political rivals, particularly the Punjab Congress.
"Their latest statements contesting his government's commitment to farm debt waiver were not only unfounded but also contradictory to established facts that were in public domain," Captain Amarinder added.
Captain Amarinder was part of the delegation that was led by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi that had met the Prime Minister before the Assembly elections to seek relief for distressed farmers.
Recently, Captain Amarinder had met Prime Minister and had demanded a farm loan waiver for Punjab farmers.
"Unlike the Badal regime, which had failed to take up any measure for the welfare of farmers in the state during 10 years of their rule, his government had initiated a time-bound process of waiver of their loans in less than 10 days of taking over the state's reins," said Captain Amarinder.
Punjab CM added that in fact his government had initiated a series of people-oriented measures to bring transparency and governance in the system, which the Badals had transformed into a "den of corruption and mafias".
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