[New Delhi,Amritsar]Desecration of Guru Granth Sahib is only Trigger:Congress
Indian National Congress Says that Conflict between the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and the Panj Pyaras+ desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib is only the trigger
Punjab is reeling under a severe crisis. The people of the once prosperous State are up in arms. The State government has resorted to firing that has led to deaths of protesters.
Bur Unfortunately Punjab is suffering from a much deeper malaise, which stems from the corruption ridden misrule of the SAD-+BJP government.
Congress Added Recently, the cotton farmers of the State were devastated when their crops were destroyed by a whitefly attack. They later found that the pesticides provided to them by the government were spurious – a multi-crore scam. No heads rolled in the government. But, in the last 45 days, 15 farmers have ended their lives.
Support prices of crops have remained stagnant despite a rise in input costs, but the SAD-BJP government has turned a blind eye to the issue.
A recent news article claimed people of Ludhiana got “rotten grains” under the State government’s Atta-Dal scheme. The grains were so bad that they were unfit to be fed even to cattle. But those who refused the rotten grains got “threats” from local leaders.
Since 2007, as many as 6,550 industrial units have been declared ‘sick’ and 18,770 units have shut down, or migrated out of Punjab. Over 75 lakh people are jobless in Punjab.