Have little hope from Capt Amarinder, say farmers

Reacting to the visit of a former Chief Minister of Punjab and senior BJP leader, Capt Amarinder Singh, to the Asia's biggest grain market in Khanna on Friday, farmers said they had little hope from him.

"We have little hope from Capt Amarinder Singh. Though he visited the grain market to take stock of the slow paddy procurement, he, too, is a part of the BJP. Some of our farmers met the former CM  at the grain market and he assured them that he would take up the issues with the Centre. Let him take up the issue first, this sudden visit will not serve any purpose," said Amrit Benipal of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal).

Both the Centre and the state were hand in glove and wanted to destroy farmers. After October 29, the farmers would show black flags to all leaders of the state and Centre if they visited the grain markets, added Benipal.

Meanwhile, some farmers said that during the regime of Capt Amarinder Singh, when he was the CM, farmers had not faced any procurement issue.