Preneet slams Mann for tardy procurement

Days after senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s visit to the Khanna grain market, his wife and former MP Preneet Kaur visited a grain market on the Sirhind road today.

Faces farmers’ ire

• Activists of the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) protested against ex-MP Preneet Kaur when she arrived at Patiala grain market
• As cops pushed the protesters, turbans of several farmers were tossed. Later, the farmers surrounded the police station

Slamming the AAP government, she said the Centre had released funds for the procurement in September, but the AAP government “took no measures to tackle the impending storage crisis”.

She alleged that the CM Bhagwant Mann-led government allowed the situation to deteriorate despite knowing that there would be bumper paddy crop.

She said a delegation of the BJP leaders on Sunday met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and submitted a memorandum alleging inefficiency on part of the AAP government in procurement and lifting.