Akali Dal demands Punjab govt to start wheat purchase from April 1
The Hindu
Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in, the Punjab government had announced to start wheat procurement operations from April 10 this year.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday hit out at ruling Congress government in Punjab for delaying the wheat procurement season by ten days to April 10, instead of April 1. Senior SAD leaders Prem Singh Chandumajra and Daljit Singh Cheema said the very fact that the Punjab government had delayed the procurement season was proof that it was playing into the hands of the central government. “Delay in the procurement season will cause hardship to farmers who will have to stock their harvested crop in the fields for ten days besides leading to the extension of the procurement season and late sowing of the forthcoming paddy crop.”More Related News