:dateline:In a meeting of the Khalra Mission Organization (KMO) at Amritsar, Bibi Paramjit Kaur Khalra announced that the�main issues for political parties during the 2017�assembly elections should include�the fake encounters of Sikh youth by Punjab police, the drug epidemic, the�debt of farmers, and the investigations into the�property holdings of politicians and bureaucrats.
KMO leaders stated that the Narendra Modi-led BJP government had made claims�of making India corruption free, but the recent scam regarding�the Reserve Bank of India has shown that this is not the case. The Punjab government is guilty of participating in that scam,�a�scam worth�Rs. 12000 crore. They added that an independent investigation�into the scam could�reveal more hidden facts.
As per the�Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Akali�government had taken Rs 12,000 Crore loan from various national banks to purchase food grains. �However, investigations revealed that the Government purchased no foodgrains. �This money was loaned by the Government to purchase foodgrains from farmers as they were unable to sell their crops.
The KMO leaders asserted that the central government was implementing�anti-farmer policies, giving subsidies of�up to Rs. 586,000 crore to the corporate sector�despite a�scam of 45,000 crore by telecommunication companies. �”Despite tolerating such huge losses, the Central government was still not ready to make the poor farmers debt free,” said�KMO leaders.
The KMO leaders were highly�appreciative of the anti-drug campaign initiated by S. Navtej Singh Guggu. They said�that Guggu was being threatened by the government, who should instead have been arresting the drug dealers. They claimed�that the Akali Dal-led Punjab government was promoting drugs�across the state and notorious police officers involved, like Izhar Alam, were�being rewarded with high posts. �The Badals should be ousted from SGPC�s voter list due to their anti-Sikh policies,” they added.
Those present at the meeting included: Chaman Lal, Bhai Baldev Singh Shaghna, Bhai Gurjit Singh Tarsikka, Bhai Gopal Singh Khalra, Bhai Mohinder Singh Lalpura, Bhai Santokh Singh Kandiala, Bhai Kabal Singh Jodhpur, Bhai Sewa Singh Deol.
