The Shiromani Akali Dal hit out at Cabinet Minister Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu for his comments linking the farmers suicides with the Shiormani Akali Dal-BJP government and advised him to leave his laughter show to visit families of those farmers who have committed suicides to know the real reasons behind increase in these unfortunate incidents.

In a statement released the SAD Spokesman S. Virsa Singh Valtoha said that it is most unfortunate that incidents of farmers suicides have increased during recent months in the states and these are a big loss of not only immediate family members of the victim but also of the state as well as of the nation as farmer of Punjab is known as food grower for the country.

S. Valtoha said that it is also most unfortunate that the present government particularly two cabinet minister including Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal are continuing issuing statements for the farmers and making mockery of their state of affairs.

S. Valtoha said that time and again these minister are mocking the farmers that two lakh rupees of loan have been waived whereas banks are harassing farmers to deposit their installments or face action. He has also challenged Mr. Sidhu about this to name even a single farmer whose loan have been waived by the congress government.

The SAD leader said that it is loan waiver scheme of the Congress party which has contributed to increase in suicide cases and most unfortunate is that in last months more than 275 farmers have committed suicide as they failed to pay their loans because of this scheme of the Congress party.