Execute loan waiver fully: Sukhbir to Amarinder

Lakhs of farmers accrued even more debt in last 4 years of Cong rule. They stopped paying instalments hoping the govt would fulfill its promise SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL, Shiromani Akali Dal chief

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh must implement his loan waiver promise completely, and must not leave farmers in the lurch by going back on his word.

Talking to media persons at Dasuya village in Hoshiarpur district after paying his condolences to the family of fatherson duo of Jagtar Singh and Kirpal Singh, who committed suicide at Muhadipur village, after their loans were not waived, Sukhbir alleged that the tragic incident had exposed the Capt Amarinder Singh government. He was accompanied by senior SAD leaders Balwinder Singh Bhundur, Bikram Singh Majithia and Dr Daljit Singh Cheema.

“The incident proves that even loans of marginal farmers like Jagtar Singh who owned only one acre of land have not been waived. This despite the fact that Capt Amarinder Singh promised on the holy Gutka Sahib that the Congress government would execute a complete loan waiver once it came to power,” Sukhbir added.

“Lakhs of farmers had accrued even more debt in the last four years of Congress rule. They stopped paying their loan installments hoping the Congress government would fulfill its promise. The loan waiver never came for farmers like Jagtar. The CM is directly responsible for these suicides as well as 1,500 other farmer deaths due to suicide in the last four years,” the Ferozepur MP claimed.

He also asked the central government to listen to the voice of the farming community which was agitating against the three agri-laws.