Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday demanded an immediate extension of Punjab Vidhan Sabha monsoon session to readdress pivotal issues pertaining to the welfare of the State.
“SAD will submit a memorandum to the Speaker tomorrow,” said senior Akali leader and Majitha MLA Bikram Singh Majitha on Monday after a meeting at the party headquarters. Notably, the assembly session is scheduled to be held from August 2 to 6, with just two operative days.
Lamenting that the State was going through the toughest times with complete collapse of the law and order, Majithia said: “Our jails have become a mockery with murders and suicides
becoming a norm of the day...The children in the state are being abducted,” said Majithia while referring to the latest episode in Rajpura.
Majithia said that SAD will also be raising the issue of farm loan waiver which was promised by the
Congress government but the agrarian state was reeling under duress of loans has been first “duped and then dumped” by the Capt Amarinder Singh government.
He said that the Speaker will also be apprised of the hardship being faced by Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe students whose scholarships are not being given causing them immense
hardship to continue their studies.
“SAD, in its responsible role as the major political party, will strive to extend the assembly session so that major pivotal economic
issues affecting the State in the form of non implementation of schemes and reimbursements be addressed immediately to give relief to the people of the State,” he said.