Punjab Throws Environment Under The Bus To Win Farmer Votes

Punjab – With New Delhi finding it difficult to breathe yet again in a season where stubble burning has been seen as the main reason for air pollution, Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi has revoked all the FIRs made against farmers in the past year. Punjab has apparently seen some 70,000 incidents of farm burns so far. As a move towards winning a vote bank, Mr. Channi announced this after holding a meeting with leaders of 32 farmers’ unions and BKU (Ekta Ugrahan). He also agreed to the majority of the demands laid down by farmers. Stubble burning has beenPunjab – With New Delhi finding it difficult to breathe yet again in a season where stubble burning has been seen as the main reason for air pollution, Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi has revoked all the FIRs made against farmers in the past year. Punjab has apparently seen some 70,000 incidents of farm burns so far. As a move towards winning a vote bank, Mr. Channi announced this after holding a meeting with leaders of 32 farmers’ unions and BKU (Ekta Ugrahan). He also agreed to the majority of the demands laid down by farmers. Stubble burning has been […]