Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today constituted a high-level committee of senior party leaders to monitor the wheat procurement process in the state.
A decision in this regard was taken at a party meeting attended among others by Congress General Secretary Shakeel Ahmad and Secretary in-charge Harish Chaudhry.
"The purpose of monitoring the procurement process is to ensure the farmers do not face any difficulty in selling their produce and get the payment on time," Amarinder said.
"Given the track record of the Akalis in the last nine years, it was necessary for Congress to stand by the farmers so that they do not face any harassment at the hands of the officials," he said.
The committee will hold its first meeting on April 20 at Chandigarh to chalk out the programme of action and during the next 20 days, it will monitor the procurement process in over 500 mandis across the state, a party spokesperson said.
This will be followed up with review meetings about procurements in all the 117 assembly segments. PCC senior vice president Lal Singh will be the coordinator of the committee.
Besides, senior leaders from Punjab, Ahmad and Chairperson of Campaign Committee Ambika Soni will also visit the mandis.
