Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring accused the Aam Aadmi Party govt of trying to cheat the farmers by promising compensation “which it is not in a position to pay”. “It is like a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank,” he remarked.Responding to the govt decision offering acre-based compensation to farmers until the area is developed, Warring observed that this is a diversionary tactic to befool farmers by the AAP govt. “Farmers will not bite the bait,” he asserted, while pointing out, “when the govt doesn’t have enough money to run its own day-to-day affairs, pay the salaries, or pay the promised Rs 1,000 to every woman, where will it get the money from to pay the farmers?” “This is a ploy to defraud the farmers and make them walk into the trap,” he warned. Reiterating his appeal to the govt to withdraw the policy, Warring said: “What is the point when there is no need for land pooling.” tnn
