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Tribune news service
Jalandhar, February 21
Hoshiarpur County Council claimed today that farmer Jagtar Singh, who committed suicide because he did not receive a loan waiver from the government, was not entitled to it.
“Jagtar owned six hectares of land and his loan waiver application was rejected in 2018,” said the administration. However, the administration’s lawsuit was dismissed by the farming family, who said they combined owned no more than 2.5 hectares.
SDM, Dasuya, Randeep Singh Heer said, “We looked through Jagtar’s sales records and according to these, in 2018 he owned six acres. Since farmers with more than five hectares cannot get a loan waiver, his application was denied. He had taken out a loan of Rs 1.5 lakh that he was supposed to repay. We also examine the records of his son Kirpal Singh. The details are yet to come. “Kirpal Singh had ended his life along with his father.
CM has to fulfill a promise of help: SAD
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal said Sunday that the refusal to waive loans to many Punjab farmers was the reason Jagtar Singh and Kirpal Singh were forced to commit suicide. Sukhbir demanded that Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh honor the promise of a total loan waiver that he had given to the state’s peasants.
Inderpal Singh, the brother of Kirpal Singh, said: “My father and my brother had only had one acre each for the past few years. We sold land about 10 years ago. But right now we only own about 2.5 hectares. A four-channel land in my name is also mortgaged. We gave the administration the details and we don’t know why my father’s loan waiver was denied. Our family members also went to Singhu. My father was upset that the government wasn’t listening to the farmers’ laws, but we never knew he’d take that step. “
Meanwhile, Sarpanch of Mohadipur Village, Joginder Singh said: “It is true that the family only has two acres. Many years ago, Jagtar Singh and his five brothers had 25 to 30 acres of land, but they sold it. I do not know the exact date of the sale of the land. “
SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal, high-ranking party leaders Balwinder Singh Bhunder and Daljit Singh Cheema as well as AAP MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan and Congress Dasuya MLA Arun Dogra met the family members of the deceased.
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