Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Jan 10: Former Minister and provincial president, Apni Party, Manjit Singh today said that the farmers have opposed new farm bills apprehending that they will lose their rights.
“The Mandi system is being controlled at the local level and the farmers have more trust in them. The new farm bills have snatched their rights and there is growing insecurity among the farmers,” said Manjit Singh.
The former Minister said that the poor farmers were waiting for some relief from the Government, but the new farm bills which were implemented without consulting them has put farmers in problem and posed threat to their survival.
He said that the Government should reconsider the decision and roll-back the new farm bills.
Manjit was speaking at a programme organized here at Vijaypur where two prominent leaders who contested in recently concluded District Development Council (DDC) elections joined Apni Party along with their supporters.
Neeraj Dogra and Avinash Attri, both independently contested DDC elections in Samba district.
Welcoming them into the party, Manjit Singh hoped that their joining will strengthen the party in the district. There is frustration among the youth due to growing unemployment and the industrial sector has preferred non-local both as skilled and unskilled workers.
“The Government should fix a ratio and strictly implement it in the industrial sector. The Government should take undertaking from the industrialists and other small scale industries that they will ensure employment to locals,” he said.
Referring to Kandi areas, Manjit Singh said that the water crisis are one of the main reasons that it always remained unsolved. He said that curtailment of electricity supply has also angered the people.
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