Congress chief and chief of opposition (LOP) Partap Singh Bajwa on Sunday slammed the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities in Punjab for its failure to honor the real calls for of each retired military personnel and farmers.

On the event of the 118th start anniversary of the previous Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, who gave the ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ slogan, Bajwa stated that these two sections – military personnel and farmers – assisted in nation-building greater than every other part . “Yet, the AAP government has failed to acknowledge their woes. Instead of providing a helping hand to the ex-servicemen, it has scrapped the Guardian of Governance (GoG) scheme launched by the previous Congress regime to provide employment to the retired army personnel,” he stated, accusing the state authorities of leaving round 4,300 ex-servicemen jobless.

The Congress chief additionally accused the AAP authorities of exhibiting sheer negligent method in direction of the farming sector that has already been reeling below disaster. “Cotton growers of the Malwa region in Punjab had got their crops damaged due to the Pink Bollworm (Gulabi Sundi) attack and the government has yet to conduct a girdawari (survey) to assess the damage. Likewise, around 20% of the paddy crop in the Majha and Doaba region has been damaged by an infestation of the dwarf virus, nothing has been done to assess the damage,” he added in a statement.

He further said thousands of dairy farmers suffered losses due to lumpy skin diseases in cows and no compensation was paid. “The farmers in Punjab were also felt cheated by both central and state governments due to non-payment of the low-yield of the wheat crop”, he added.