Amid procurement pangs, Mann dials Shah, urges him to move Centre’s stock

Amid the standoff, Mann had warned millers to commencement the operations, failing which the authorities authorities “will not hesitate to get the milling of atom done extracurricular the state”. He had besides fixed millers 4 days to comply with orders, and the deadline ended Tuesday.

Multiple sources wrong the authorities authorities confirmed Union Minister Joshi’s bureau invited the millers for talks without keeping Mann dispensation successful loop.

“They (millers) were invited straight by the Centre adjacent arsenic Chief Secretary KAP Sinha had written to the section of nutrient and nationalist organisation 2 days ago, informing the Centre astir the demands of the millers. Despite that, the authorities authorities was not informed astir the projected gathering of millers with the Union minister,” an authoritative said.

After, Mann issued an ultimatum to the millers, they excessively had dug successful their heels saying the the CM was “most invited to get the paddy milled” extracurricular the authorities adjacent arsenic immoderate pointed retired that portion the customized milling complaint for paddy successful Punjab for the 2024-25 kharif play is Rs 10 per tonne, it is Rs 40 successful Haryana, and Rs 120 successful Chhattisgarh.

Meanwhile, talking to reporters, Mann told Shah that “these radical (millers) are going to Delhi for a gathering and they should beryllium heard and fixed their due”. “I urged the Union location curate to find a solution…All the demands of arhtiyas and millers are related to Centre, beryllium it related to transportation, drainage, compensation oregon commission. Millers and arhtiyas person nary issues with the authorities government. Their demands related to authorities person been met with,” said Mann.

On the abstraction crunch, Mann reminded Shah that Punjab is the biggest contributor to the cardinal pool. “We volition beryllium sending 180 lakh tonne of paddy this play (to cardinal pool). But 120 lakh tonne of grains are inactive lying successful the godowns. When determination is nary question (of the grains to different states), the assurance of millers is shaken. I urged the location curate that they (Centre) should assistance the grains, if it is to beryllium distributed nether PDS, oregon has to beryllium exported, truthful that the rhythm continues. I anticipation the Home Minister volition perceive to them,” Mann said, adding, “We are with farmers, atom shellers and ‘arthiyas’…I anticipation that the location curate volition code their issues”.

Tarsem Saini, president of Punjab Rice Millers Association, said that the CM told him astir his telephone telephone to Shah, “The CM told maine that helium has spoken to Shah astir our problems. We are with the CM. We anticipation the gathering volition beryllium fruitful”.

Mann, meanwhile, said paddy procurement was going connected and farmers were being paid for their produce. There is immoderate occupation successful lifting successful immoderate districts and it volition beryllium resolved successful a time oregon two, helium said, adding that helium told Centre that if paddy lifting was delayed past it would person a cascading effect connected the upcoming wheat sowing too.