CHANDIGARH: Senior Congress leader & communications in charge of All India Congress Committee, Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday said that the last minute reduction of mustard crop purchase centres has exposed the Haryana’s BJP-JJP government’s failure and ill preparedness for the crop procurement.Addressing a press conference via video conferencing, Surjewala charged the state government of leaving the farmers in the lurch and giving step-motherly treatment to the farmers. The Government did not make any timely preparations and arrangements for the crop procurement despite the repeated requests from the Congress party.It seems their priority is to get liquor factories running instead of ensuring a smooth procurement of wheat and mustard. Sadly, the proof has come on the first day of the mustard procurement, he added.Referring to the two Food and Supplies Department, Haryana orders dated April 11 and April 13, Surjewala said that the earmarked 192 procurement centres were reduced to 163 just before start of the mustard procurement.He said that everyone knows that mustard is a major crop of areas like Mahendragarh, Dadri, Bhiwani, Rewari, Gurugram, Mewat, Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad. But the government reduced the procurement centres from 34 to 18 in Mahendragarh, 32 to 22 in Bhiwani, 23 to 17 in Hisar, 4 to 3 in Gurugram, 26 to 23 in Sirsa and 17 to 16 in Dadri districts, which is yet another proof of the government’s failure, inefficiency and incompetence, he said.“The chief minister and deputy chief minister holding the charge of the Food and Supplies Department should answer the pertinent question on where farmers should go and when will they get to know about their new procurement centres. What is the reason for the overnight reduction in the number of purchase centres,” Surjewala said.