The Aman Sandesh Times
Mohali : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann-led state government is always committed to safeguarding the interests of farmers, said MLA Mohali Kulwant Singh. While, handing over the appointment letters to the wards of deceased farmers who lost their lives to oppose the anti-farmer bills in the farmers’ movement. MLA said that so far a total of 660 such dependents of deceased farmers have been accommodated on Government jobs on compassionate grounds, out of which 453 have been given jobs in Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department of Punjab.
Today, 5 appointees have also been given jobs in the Agriculture Department as Beldars (Class 4), said MLA Kulwant Singh. The five wards who were given the appointment letters today included Ashwandeep Singh S/o Narinder Singh, Mahinder Singh S/O Bahadur Singh, Manga Khan S/o Hamid Khan, Gurpreet Singh S/o Sarom Singh and Harshpreet Singh S/o Gurmeet (All belong to Patiala district).
MLA Kulwant Singh said that most of the demands of the farmers are related to the Centre Government. Punjab Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann is continuously meeting the farmers to resolve their local issues related to the state. He said that the decisions taken by the Bhagwant Singh Mann Government to promote farming, facilitating them with canal-based irrigation besides a hike in price of sugarcane are widely appreciated by the farming community.
