Sukhpal Singh Sra
BATHINDA: Bail applications of Gurmail Singh, granthi of Bathinda village gurdwara, and BJP Punjab state secretary Sukhpal Singh Sra were dismissed by the court of Bathinda additional sessions judge Baljinder Singh on Wednesday. Behind bars, Gurmail Singh had moved an application for regular bail while Sukhpal Sra had moved court for anticipatory bail. Both please were taken up simultaneously.
Gurmail was arrested on May 20 for offering ardas in the gurdwara at Bir Talaab village for giving thanks to PM Narendra Modi, who had announced to make a Dalit as the CM if the BJP won in Punjab, and prayed for release of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who is jailed in rape cases.
3516 Wheat procurement is to start in Punjab from Saturday, smuggling of grain from states where no MSP is paid has already begun
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Bathinda, April 9
Even as wheat procurement is to start in Punjab from Saturday, smuggling of grain from states where no MSP is paid has already begun. At least 24 wheat trucks from other states reportedly arrived here last night.
Traders make Rs 2L per truck
Traders buy wheat at Rs1,100 per quintal from states which don’t pay MSP to farmers and sell it in Punjab at MSP (Rs1,925 per quintal)
They earn over Rs2 lakh per consignment of 400 quintals in one truck after paying Rs225 per quintal for transportation
1465 Wheat procurement is to start in Punjab from Saturday, smuggling of grain from states where no MSP is paid has already begun
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Bathinda, April 9
Even as wheat procurement is to start in Punjab from Saturday, smuggling of grain from states where no MSP is paid has already begun. At least 24 wheat trucks from other states reportedly arrived here last night.
Traders make Rs 2L per truck
Traders buy wheat at Rs1,100 per quintal from states which don’t pay MSP to farmers and sell it in Punjab at MSP (Rs1,925 per quintal)
They earn over Rs2 lakh per consignment of 400 quintals in one truck after paying Rs225 per quintal for transportation
Bathinda, April 9
The wheat procurement is set to start from April 10, but on Thursday night around two dozen trucks laden with illegal wheat reached Bathinda from other states.
BJP leader Sukhpal Sra got input about this, after which he reached Bathinda’s grain market and claimed that about 25 trucks loaded with wheat parked in Dana Mandi had come from Bihar and other states.
He alleged that wheat procured from there at cheaper rates would now be sold in Punjab as per MSP.
As per the information, wheat is purchased at the rate of Rs 1,100 per quintal in Bihar and other states and sold in Punjab at around Rs 1,925 per quintal as MSP.
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