Tardy lifting affecting farmers, says Bhupinder Hooda

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 19

Former CM and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed concern over the condition of the farmers who reached the mandis with their crops as it got drenched in rain.

“Their crops are getting drenched in the rain and the government is watching as a mute spectator. Lakhs of quintals of paddy got soaked in two days of rain and the crops bought by agencies are also getting impacted. Farmers are suffering because of the delay, negligence and mismanagement of the BJP-JJP government,” he said.

Attacking the government over its negligence, Hooda alleged that the government neither arranged tarpaulin to cover the crop in the mandis nor were the crops lifted on time. “There was a deliberate delay in starting the procurement earlier by the government and now the lifting and payment are being delayed. Farmers have not even been given compensation for the crops damaged due to bad weather for the last several seasons.”

“It seems that the government is not at all sympathetic to the condition of the farmers,” he added.

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