SANGRUR – Aam Aadmi Party MP from Sangrur Bhagwant Mann today appealed to the Punjab Government to give agricultural panchayat land (reserved for Scheduled Castes) to Dalits on contract for cultivation at low rates.
Mann stated this while supporting Dalits from Baopur and Namol villages who have been demanding panchayat land for cultivation on contract at low rates.
In a press note, Mann said instead of becoming a mute spectator, the district administration should find a solution to solve the problems of the SC community.
Mann said one-third of the agricultural panchayat land in villages had been earmarked for the SCs to improve their living standard, but the state government had been treating the same as a source of revenue.
He said after the Parliament session, he would visit villages in the district to thank the voters. He said he would chalk out a plan to provide relief to those who had been “victimised” by the state government.
