Bajwa assures support to Punjabi farmers of Gujarat

Extending support to the Punjabi farmers in Kutch area of Gujarat, Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today said he would meet party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the issue.
Bawja met a delegation of Punjabi farmers who fear displacement from Kutch area.
Bajwa said he had sought appointment from AICC President and the Prime Minister to take up the issue of Gujarat farmers.
Farmers from Punjab and Haryana had migrated to Gujarat 40 years ago, he said.
Bajwa accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of freezing the land of migrated farmers and asked them to sell their land and return to Punjab.

Taking a dig at Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and his son Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, Bajwa said both of them had failed to address the problem of Sikhs in Gujarat when they met them in Chandigarh about five months back.

Punjab CM had not even bother to take up the issue of farmers with Gujarat CM when he visited Punjab on June 23, the Congress leader said.
He also announced to start an agitation against alleged illegal mining in Punjab from next week.
All officers in the state were working under political pressure to provide shelter to illegal mining, Bajwa alleged.

The Congress leader said that he would seek a CBI probe into the alleged illegal mining from Union Environment ministry.
He gave an assurance to Mahila Congress leaders that women would get due representation in PPCC and also called upon women workers of party to largely participate in assembly wise mass contact programme.
Addressing a state level conference of the Punjab Mahila Congress here, Bajwa said that women were more committed then men in any field and they could play significant role in building a movement.
Bajwa said that he was strong advocate of giving 33 per cent reservation to women in state assemblies and Parliament.

The women's reservation bill was presented in the Lok Sabha but couldn't be passed due to difference of opinion in certain parties, he said, adding that he hoped that bill would be passed at the earliest.