Muktsar, March 11 -- Veteran Congress leader and Kapurthala legislator Rana Gurjeet Singh on Monday cited the "agricultural distress" in Malwa region to attack the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the state's political class for not doing enough to improve the cotton-growing belt's economy

Accompanied by his son and Independent MLA Rana Inder Partap Singh and director of the Indian Institute of Maize Research, Hanuman Sahay Jat, Rana Gurjeet said he is on a mission to promote kharif maize cultivation to boost farmers' profitability.

Jat said the industrial set-ups of ethanol, poultry and cattle feed in Punjab have an annual demand of 40 lakh tonnes whereas the state produces only 10 lakh tonnes.

He said industrialists can contribute by...