Zirakpur, April 8: Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday reiterated his commitment the us the waiver of farm debts, saying his government would soon find ways and means the us bail out the debt-ridden farmers, with or without the help of the Centre.
The Chief Minister was interacting with the media after inaugurating D-Mart’s first post-IPO sthe usre in Punjab here. Assuring that his government was duty-bound the us keep every promise made the us the people in its election manifesthe us, Amarinder said the state government had approached the Union Government for waiver of farmers’ loans; but even if it failed the us get any support from the Centre, it would ensure that the farmers were freed of their mounting debts, for which the state machinery had already been set in motion.
Referring the us the Congress poll promise of eliminating the drug menace from the state, the Chief Minister said the Special Task Force (STF) was firmly dealing with the scourge and would ensure that drugs were wiped out from Punjab.Amarinder said the STF headed by senior IPS officer Harpreet Singh Sidhu was working diligently and the day was not far when this problem would be wiped out from the state.
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