Dubbing Capt Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Government’s loan waiver functions in the State as a “wasteful extravaganza without substance”, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday said that it would not heal the festering wounds of the farmers in the State.
Denouncing the hosting of such celebratory functions involving lakhs of rupees, AAP’s Punjab unit chief and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann said that the State Government had miserably failed to live up to its poll commitments it made to the distressed farming community on complete loan waiver.
Mann said that it was nothing but a cover-up to the failures of the Government and to distract peoples’ mind from the core issues forcing the farmers to spend sleepless nights.
Referring to a similar loan waiver function at Bathinda, Mann alleged that Rs 11 lakh were reportedly splurged on hosting a massive function where the amount was spent on arranging food and entertainment for the gathering, besides expenses incurred on security arrangements etc.