Chandigarh, March 3
Terming the debt relief package announced by the Union government for farmers as "eyewash", cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu today urged Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to implement Rural Indebtedness Bill. Addressing mediapersons this morning, Sidhu said majority of the small and marginal farmers would not stand to gain by the decision. "Only big farmers will benefit from the debt waiver," he said, adding that he would raise this issue in tomorrow's meeting of the NDA in New Delhi.
Sidhu also stressed the need for a cap on the interest being charged from farmers.
