AAP flays Punjab Govt's move letting pvt dealers sell 50% DAP

Chandigarh, September 7

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has condemned the state government’s decision to allow private dealers to sell 50 per cent DAP fertiliser in Punjab and termed the decision as anti-farmer and anti-cooperative agricultural societies.

AAP Punjab Kisan Wing president Kultar Singh Sandhwan alleged, “Capt Amarinder Singh is ruining the cooperatives in Punjab by following the path laid down by the Centre. Therefore, the right to supply (distribution) of DAP fertiliser by the Cooperative Agricultural Societies has been reduced by 30 per cent and the supply to private dealers has been increased to 50 per cent.”

He said the government was not serious about the DAP fertiliser crisis due to which farmers might face difficulties in the coming wheat-sowing season. Sandhwan said Punjab needed 4.80 lakh tonne of fertiliser for wheat-sowing and other purposes whereas till September, it had stock of only 75,000 tonne. — TNS