But today, in every market of Punjab, the farmer is sitting helplessly next to the pile of paddy and weaving many tribalistic schemes. Today, the farmer of Punjab is forced to sell paddy at a low MSP like the farmers of Uttar Pradesh.
Private brokers are looting in the markets. Although the Punjab government had started government procurement from October 1 on paper, today it is October 23 and government procurement has not started. If we do not call this the incompetence of the government, then what else can we call it? The question also arises that is this a failure of the Bhagwant Mann government? Has the government failed to make proper arrangements for procurement? There is no bardana in the markets, neither is lifting happening nor is procurement happening and the farmers have been disappointed for the next crop due to not getting DAP fertilizer. Although the central government has intervened and today the Union Consumer Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi has also called the rice mill owners of Punjab to Delhi for a meeting. We hope that the results of this meeting will be good. Bhagwant Mann may have reviewed the procurement in Rajpura grain market for food supply and said that the crop should be lifted quickly, but there is a world of difference between words and deeds.
To say this, Bhagwant Mann also said today that he has had a conversation with Amit Shah and we hope that this issue will be resolved soon. There is a saying that ‘Buhe ai Jann, Vinnoh kudi de kaan.’ So when the crop has reached the markets, now they have started making arrangements. Bardana is not available in the markets and we know that bardana is not made immediately. It takes days. Then why has the government failed to arrange bardana? Let us see how deeply the government working at the grassroots level sees this plight of the farmers. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is on the target of the opposition parties, he is also being surrounded on the issue of picking up stubble. It is also being said that goonda slips are being cut on the entry of laborers in the markets. The question also arises on the Punjab government that you promised change to every person of Punjab, is this change that the crops raised like sons are rolling in the markets.
