Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday described the suicide by a farmer at AAP’s rally in Delhi, a day before, as ‘unfortunate and shocking’. He demanded a through investigation into the incident by an appropriate agency saying that the circumstances that prompted the farmer to end his life be ascertained.
"It was the most unfortunate and shocking incident which should have never been happened…This incident must be thoroughly got inquired from the appropriate agency so as to ascertain the circumstances and causes which led to the hapless farmer to end his life," said Badal while talking to the media persons on the sidelines of a social function.
On the ongoing procurement of wheat, Badal said that his government was committed to lift the entire wheat crop frommandis at the prevalent Minimum Support Price (MSP). He said that farmers would not be allowed to suffer on the account of the value cut imposed by the Centre. “This would not be passed on to the farmers in any case,” he said. Expressing solidarity with the beleaguered peasantry, the Chief Minister said: "Why the farmers for none of their fault should be penalized, rather it is the nature's fury in terms of unseasonal rains and hailstorms which damaged their golden crop.”