Cong walks out over Akali MP’s ‘tax farmers’ statement

To this Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said: “The ruling SAD-BOP coalition has always fought for the farmers’ rights,we will find out what did Gujral say in the Parliament and if any wrong thing has been said,it will be corrected.”

The Congress MLAs also raised the issue of government selling it’s prime properties. “The government is now selling 30 of its prime properties worth Rs 2,567 crore. How can a government elected for five years could sell government properties and give them on lease for 99 years. The government gives the pretext that these valuable properties are under the threat of encroachment but already these properties have been transferred to Punjab Infrastructural Development Board (PIDB). In 2007,the government used the PIDB’s money to hold sangat darshans. Also the PIMS in Jalandhar which was a Rs 2000 crore property was given on lease for just Rs 131 crore,” said Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira.