Kejriwal vows adequate farm relief

Tribune News Service

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Mansa, October 28

Urging Punjab farmers, labourers and workers not to resort to suicide over losses due to pink bollworm attack, rain and hailstorm, AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal today said if the Congress government failed to provide adequate compensation, the AAP government would pay the due relief to those affected by April 30, 2022.

Kejriwal was here to meet farmers during party’s “Kejriwal’s Dialogue with Farmers” programme. He was accompanied by state party president Bhagwant Mann, Punjab affairs incharge Jarnail Singh, co-incharge Raghav Chadha, Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema and Kisan Wing state president Kultar Singh Sandhwan.

The event began with a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the three women of Khiva Dialuwala village (Mansa) killed in an accident at Tikri. Addressing the gathering, Kejriwal said: “After April 1, farmers and labourers in Punjab will not commit suicide due to crop failure. This is my promise and Kejriwal does what he says. By April 30, 2022, crop loss relief will be credited to the account of each affected farmer and labourer.”

“When any farmer dies by suicide, it saddens me. Even after 70 years of Independence, the farmer is forced to kill self,” he added.