Hoshiarpur (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: Rahul Gandhi while addressing the political rally in Hoshiarpur promises cluster of food parks for Hoshiarpur.
“Hoshiarpur is a centre of agriculture and farm tools. Our government will work to create a cluster of food park and machine tools in Hoshiarpur. Whatever farmers produce in food park, be it potato chips or tomato ketchup, will be made here. You cultivate crop in your field, and from there, take it directly to the food processing unit,” Gandhi said.
Rahul Gandhi added, “For a year, Punjab farmers stood hungry in winters as PM Modi tried to give their hard work to 2-3 billionaires. He couldn’t give 2 mins of silence in parliament to farmers who died during the protest; didn’t give compensation, Rajasthan & Punjab govt did.” Slamming the centre government Rahul said, “People want Government who will work for poor people not for rich”.
Assembly elections in Punjab will take place in a single-phase on February 20, while counting of votes for all 117 assembly constituencies in the border state will be held on March 10.
Congress has fielded incumbent chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi as its CM face. Its primary challenger, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has picked Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann as its choice for the top job.
