PML-N is anti-farmer

Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that PML-N has created sense of deprivation among the people of South Punjab. Addressing a public gathering in Bahawalpur on Monday ‚ he said in 1990 PML-N had decreased the share of water for South Punjab under water accord resulting in acute water shortage. Ch Pervaiz Elahi appreciated the policies of reconciliation of President Zardari, adding due his policy of reconciliation the government is going to complete its constitutional term. Deputy Prime Minister lashed out at the Punjab government for the increasing sense of deprivation among the people of South Punjab belt. He was of the view that the sense of deprivation was increasing in southern parts of the province due to lack of development projects. Terming the PML-N government as anti-farmer, he said doctors are on strike in the province. There are neither doctors nor medicines in the hospitals now, he added. The deputy PM said schemes launched by the Punjab government have flopped. “Shahbaz Sharif is giving laptops to only those who have votes,” he said.