SAD DEMANDS DETAILS OF LOAN WAIVER PLAN

On the day first assembly session of the 15th Vidhan Sabha began, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in a statement asked Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh to give details of the time-bound process for waiver of all farm loans, as promised before the assembly polls.

“We, along with all Punjabi farmers, are eagerly waiting for the complete waiver of all farm loans as promised by you. You had promised to waive the loans, not the government of India. Lakhs of farmers have even filled forms at your instance. Now, they are waiting for you to deliver on your promise,” SAD leaders, including Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Balwinder Singh Bhundur, said in a statement here on Friday.

They said it was unfortunate that Capt Amarinder is “politicising” the issue, instead of taking decisive action as promised. “Please don’t try to backtrack on this issue and try not to shift the onus on the Centre for waiving off the debt of state farmers. If you do so, it will be presumed that you have deceived farmers,” they said. They said Amarinder had come out with a statement stating that a timebound process had been initiated to waive off farmers loans.