Chandigarh, July 5 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday hit out at Capt Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government over various issues including Minimum Support Price (MSP) and revenue losses, asking him to explain them to the people.
In a statement, former minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said people want answers to the Rs 5,600 crore excise revenue losses.
He said they also wanted to know why illegal mining of sand was continuing unabated in the State. “Why the State government was facilitating the sand mafia by reducing their lease fee and even allowing them to mine sand where clearances had not been given till now”. He said even in the case of central ration received by the State, the Congress government had turned a blind eye to diversion of ration to houses of its leaders. He said in the process the ration had been denied to the deserving. He said there were other issues plaguing the State including denial of dues to sugarcane growers and huge power bills thrust on the common man but the chief minister seemed oblivious of these issues and was bent on building a false narrative to cover his failures.