UP: Farmers destroy crops
Updated: Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 17:12 [IST]
Mathura, Mar 02: Farmers in a village here destroyed crop in a four-acre area on Monday in protest against the contentious farm laws.
The incident occurred at Umraya village of Chhata subdivision With the consent of majority of villagers, crops grown in the four-acre area was ploughed on Monday, RLD state vice president Kunwar Narendra Singh said.
He claimed that such acts by farmers would lead to acute shortage of cereals, forcing the government to go for import. Repeal the three farm laws without further delay to prevent such suicidal steps of the farmers, Singh demanded,
The three-member panel has interacted with a large number of farmer unions, farmer producer organisations (FPOs) as well as senior officials of state agriculture marketing boards and private mandis to understand their points of view on the contentious farm laws.
India News: The government on Wednesday proposed to suspend the three contentious farm laws for one and a half years and set up a joint committee to discuss the