Shiromani Akali Dal Will Seek Inquiry Into ”Seed Scam”: Sukhbir Singh Badal
“No motion has been taken within the subject,” Sukhbir Singh Badal claimed (Document)
Chandigarh:
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal Tuesday mentioned his birthday celebration will put up memoranda to deputy commissioners around the state on Might 28 to call for an inquiry into the alleged seed rip-off.
Mr Badal claimed that “spurious” forms of paddy seed have been offered to farmers at 3 times the price of authentic seeds.
In a observation, the SAD leader mentioned senior birthday celebration leaders together with Contributors of Parliament, ex MPs, legislators, constituency representatives and district presidents would put up the memorandums to deputy commissioners.
It used to be surprising that once the state agriculture division were given an FIR registered in Ludhiana on Might 11 following court cases by way of farmers that they have been being provided with “spurious” seeds, some Congress leaders now swung into motion to supply a “political duvet to the scamsters”, he alleged.
“No motion has been taken within the subject,” Mr Badal claimed, including the police had now not performed any seizures on godowns in addition to the unit based totally at Gurdaspur which provided “spurious” paddy seeds.
The federal government is able to let lakhs of farmers undergo handiest for the reason that proprietor of the unit is a detailed affiliate of a cupboard minister, he alleged.
“We will be able to now not permit this to occur and can pressure the federal government to punish all those that are pushing the hard-working farmers to the jaws of suicide,” he alleged.
The opposition birthday celebration on Might 23 had claimed that a shut affiliate of a cupboard minister used to be allegedly focused on supplying “spurious” paddy seeds which have been now not licensed on the market by way of the Punjab Agricultural College (PAU).
A raid used to be performed at a seed promoting retailer in Ludhiana and greater than 750 quintals of seed packaged as PR-129 and 100 quintals of seed packaged as PR-128 have been seized, the birthday celebration had claimed.
But it surely had additionally mentioned that no motion were taken towards the provider.
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