Chandigarh, March 2 -- Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Saturday dared chief minister Bhagwant Mann to pass the state's draft agricultural policy, which recommended the reduction of paddy area in over-exploited blocks and also an alternative marketing system.

Training his guns on the AAP government, Jakhar said the Mann dispensation was quick to reject the Centre's draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing but has not taken any call on implementing the state agricultural policy framed by the Punjab State Farmers' and Farm Workers' Commission.

Addressing the media, Jakhar spoke about the state's draft agricultural policy, mentioning that the option for completely banning paddy in a few blocks should be considered....