Congress MPs claim credit for direct relief
Saturday, 11/08/2012
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Chandigarh: Punjab Congress leaders today claimed credit for Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s announcement that drought-hit farmers in the state would be given direct relief.
A delegation of Punjab’s MPs comprising the party’s national spokesperson and Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari, Gurdaspur MP Partap Singh Bajwa, Sangrur MP Vijay Inder Singla and Anandpur Sahib MP Ravneet Bittu had met Pawar and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh here last night in this regard. Tewari said while the MPs had no objection to the power subsidy, they wanted that compensation to the farmers be paid directly.
He said the Agriculture Ministry would now seek details on the drought-hit farmers, their bank accounts and Kisan Credit Cards so that the relief amount could be directly credited to their account.
