CHANDIGARH – People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today said he was prepared for an electoral alliance with the Congress in the state because his party’s secular approach was in sync with that of the Congress.
He said his organisation would enter in the election arena with a positive agenda.
“We will not fall in the SAD’s trap of using abusive narrative against political opponents and wasting our time on non-issues. To divert attention from real issues, the Akali leaders would strategically plan to engage the main opposition parties in mudslinging. But we are conscious of this fact and will avoid it”, said Manpreet.
The state needed a drastic social transformation and economic restructuring. “Objective is not to win seats and sit in the Assembly. The goal is to prepare the people to bring about a change in the system that has been ruined by the incumbent government over the years,” alleged Manpreet.
“The denial of social justice to people, politicisation of police by imposing halqa chiefs on police officials, fixing opponents in false cases, suppressing the voice of people protesting to seek justice and delivery of public utilities, canecharging the youth asking for jobs have remained hallmark of the SAD-BJP government,” alleged Manpreet.
and Haryana High Court if the payment was not cleared by the state government soon.
hiwal is less than 1,000.
“The purpose of rearing a cow is to produce milk for commercial purpose. On an average, Sahiwal produces 9-10 litres of milk compared to 25-30 litres by HF. It is beyond our understanding how promotion of Sahiwal will help us in meeting the milk demand,” said a senior scientist of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU).
“We started promoting HF four decades ago as we needed milk to feed our population. Now if again shift focus on indigenous breeds, we will be staring at acute milk scarcity,” he added.
The variety is being promoted with funds provided by the Central government under the Rashritya Gokul Mission.
Department officials revealed that veterinarians across Punjab had been categorically told to identify all Sahiwal cows in their respective territories and artificially inseminate them with pure semen of the Sahiwal variety.
Interestingly, the rationale being suggested by the Punjab Animal Husbandry Department behind this decision is the age-old established fact that exotic varieties are not suited for rearing in foreign (Punjab’s) environment.
“Sahiwal’s milk has higher fat content than HF, which will compensate its low yield. Moreover, Sahiwal is indigenous species of Punjab and it copes well with the local environment. Since demerits of HF have begun manifesting, we now need to gradually shift our reliance to such indigenous varieties,” said Dr HS Sandha, Director, Punjab Animal Husbandry Department.
