AAP MLA welcomes Punjab govt’s decision to withdraw arrest warrants against farmers

AAP MLA Rajneesh Dahiya welcomed the decision of the Punjab government to withdraw the arrest warrants of farmers and said that it was a good decision.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Ferozepur (Rural) Rajneesh Dahiya welcomed the decision of the Punjab government to withdraw the arrest warrants of farmers and termed it as a fair and pro-farmer decision.

Punjab Finance and Co-operation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema announced that the Punjab government would immediately withdraw arrest warrants issued to farmers due to non-payment of loan and no farmer would be arrested. The Punjab government is with the farmers, and no anti-farmer steps will be taken.

MLA Rajneesh Dahiya alleged that the previous Congress government was responsible for the plight of farmers as well as these warrants issued to arrest of farmers. He said, “The Congress did not fulfil its promise of farmers’ debt waiver as Captain Amrinder Singh and Charanjit Singh Channi both lied and betrayed the farmers”.

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He added that instead of waiving the loan, Congress issued arrest warrants last December for farmers who did not repay their debt. He said, “As soon as the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann came to know about the arrest of the farmers and arrest warrants, he immediately ordered them to withdraw these warrants”.

Rajneesh Dahiya said that previous Akali Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress governments had aggravated the plight of the farmers and are responsible for their amount of debt. These traditional parties made big false promises to the farmers but have never taken any concrete steps for the development of the agriculture sector.

MLA Dahiya also appreciated the decision of the Punjab government to formulate a new policy to get the farmers out of the debt and to make farming a profitable profession and said that it is the need of the hour in our state.