Badals suffering from selective amnesia: Amarinder
Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab CM on Friday accused the Badals of suffering from selective amnesia
Chandigarh, Mar 24: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday accused the Badals of suffering from selective 'hearing and amnesia', countering their allegation that he had backtracked on his farm loan waiver promise.
The Badal father-son duo seem to be suffering from selective 'hearing and amnesia', Amarinder said on Friday.
In a statement issued here, the chief minister said that 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 the established facts that were in public domain, he said.
The Chief Minister said unlike the Badal regime, which had 'failed' to take up any measure for the welfare of the farmers in the state during 10 years of their rule, his government initiated a time-bound process to waive off their loans in less than 10 days of taking over the state's reins.
In fact, said Amarinder, his government initiated a series of people-oriented measures to bring about transparency and governance in the systems, which the Badals had transformed into a 'den of corruption and mafias'.
Referring to his meeting with the Prime Minister on the issue, the Chief Minister pointed out this was not the first time he had met Narendra Modi to demand waiver of farm loans.
The Congress is committed to secure farm loan waivers for farmers not just in Punjab but around the country, he said. He pointed out that he had been part of the delegation led by AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi that met the Prime Minister before the assembly elections to seek relief for the distressed farmers in the country.
However, the Badals, with their 'selective memory', had conveniently forgotten about this fact while accusing me of cheating the farmers on the debt waiver issue, Amarinder said, adding that the Akali leaders should check out the facts before making such unsubstantiated statements.
The
Chief
Minister
said
that
while
his
government
was
totally
committed
to
fulfil
its
promise
on
farm
loan
waiver
in
Punjab,
he
would
be
happy
if
the
central
government
also
takes
urgent
steps
to
alleviate
the
sufferings
of
the
debt-ridden
farmers
around
the
country.
His
party,
said
Amarinder,
was
cognisant
of
the
plight
of
farmers
in
all
parts
of
the
country
and
was
striving
to
resolve
their
problems
with
the
support
of
the
central
government,
led
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi.
In contrast, the Badals, who were totally 'unmindful' of the problems facing the farmers of their own state, could not possibly be expected to show any concern for farmers in other states, he added.
PTI