Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday accused the Badals of suffering from “selective hearing and amnesia”, countering their allegation that he had backtracked on his farm loan waiver promise.
The Badal father-son duo seems to be suffering from selective hearing and amnesia, said Capt Amarinder.
He said that the Badals had a propensity for “misleading” the people with their “senseless and baseless” statements against their political rivals, particularly the Punjab Congress.
Their latest statements contesting his Government's commitment to farm debt waiver were not only unfounded but also contradictory to the established facts that were in public domain, he said.
“Unlike the Badal regime, which had failed to take up any measure for the welfare of the farmers in the state during 10 years of their rule, our Government has initiated a time-bound process to waive off their loans in less than 10 days of taking over the state's reins,” he said.
In fact, Capt Amarinder said, his Government initiated a series of people-oriented measures to bring about transparency and governance in the systems, which the Badals had transformed into a “den of corruption and mafias”.
Referring to his meeting with the Prime Minister on the issue, the Chief Minister pointed out this was not the first time he had met Narendra Modi to demand waiver of farm loans. The Congress is committed to secure farm loan waivers for farmers not just in Punjab but around the country, he said.
In contrast, the Badals, who were totally “unmindful” of the problems facing the farmers of their own state, could not possibly be expected to show any concern for farmers in other states, he added.