Announce loan waiver, Punjab CM asks Modi

Chandigarh, July 11: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce the implementation of Swami nathan Commission report.

“Narendramodiji, good to know that youll be addressing Punjab farmers today. Please use the opportunity to announce loan waiver & full implementation of Swaminathan report. Our distressed farmers will be braving the heat to hear something + ve from you. Pls dont let them down,” he tweeted shortly before Mr Modi was to address a rally in Malout on Wednesday.

Earlier, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal had asked the chief minister not to “play politics” over the “historic” increase in minimum support price ( MSP) of paddy and other crops.

Senior AAP leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira, who is also Leader of the Opposition in Punjab, however, asked the Badals to seek a debt waiver package before thanking the prime minister over the MSP hike.