Centre working for corporates, alleges minister
Hoshiarpur, September 26
Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora today accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central Government of ignoring the interests of farmers and “securing benefits” for corporate houses.
The minister said the Centre would not succeed in its ‘nefarious’ design to destroy the agrarian sector. “The Punjab Government will stand by farmers against the apathetic attitude of the Centre and will work shoulder-to-shoulder with them as our farmers have been feeding the entire country for long,” Arora said. The minister said the farm Bills would ruin all sections of society.
The minister said the recent exclusion of cereals, pulses, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities would further lead to hoarding and black-marketing. — OC
