Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called on congressional leaders to ensure the attendance of all legislators during the May 3 special session of the Assembly to oppose the imposition of wealth tax on agriculture land around areas urban.
"This tax is going to sound a death knell for all farmers and millions of other people who depend on agriculture-related activities," he said. The Prime Minister said opposition leader Sunil Jakhar and former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bathal by phone, urging them to join the efforts of the state government to save farmers and the economy of "certain death". PCC president Partap Singh Bajwa could not immediately be reached due to commitments in Parliament, said an official spokesman.
The Prime Minister has written letters to congressional leaders in the requesting their cooperation against the imposition of property tax on agricultural land in all its forms. Badal urged congressional leaders also oppose the tax in Parliament. "This is no time for political oneupmanship. Future generations will not forgive us if we are lacking in commitment to the welfare of our people.
I am sure that the Congress Party will not stand in the way of justice for the poor who will be affected directly by the wealth tax change, "Badal told the leaders of the CCP. Far from being a problem of adjustment for get political brownie points, wealth tax on agricultural land has become a matter of life or death for the state's farmers, he said.
"This tax is going to sound a death knell for all farmers and millions of other people who depend on agriculture-related activities," he said. The Prime Minister said opposition leader Sunil Jakhar and former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bathal by phone, urging them to join the efforts of the state government to save farmers and the economy of "certain death". PCC president Partap Singh Bajwa could not immediately be reached due to commitments in Parliament, said an official spokesman.
The Prime Minister has written letters to congressional leaders in the requesting their cooperation against the imposition of property tax on agricultural land in all its forms. Badal urged congressional leaders also oppose the tax in Parliament. "This is no time for political oneupmanship. Future generations will not forgive us if we are lacking in commitment to the welfare of our people.
I am sure that the Congress Party will not stand in the way of justice for the poor who will be affected directly by the wealth tax change, "Badal told the leaders of the CCP. Far from being a problem of adjustment for get political brownie points, wealth tax on agricultural land has become a matter of life or death for the state's farmers, he said.