Farm organisations agitating against the central agri-marketing laws have urged residents of Punjab to oppose the Covid-induced lockdown by converging on the roads on May 8.
Chandigarh, April 5
Farmers in Punjab and Haryana on Monday held protests outside Food Corporation of India (FCI) offices and raised various demands, including a legal guarantee for the minimum support price.
The protesters expressed anguish over the central government’s decision to seek farmers’ land records for online payments to their accounts and demanded its immediate rollback.
Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan said his organisation ‘gheraoed’ 34 FCI offices in 15 districts of Punjab.
Protests were also held outside the central procurement agency at Chandigarh, Amritsar, Sangrur and Haryana’s Kurukshetra and Sonepat.
The protesters asked the Centre to give a legal guarantee on the MSP for their produce.
Farmers in Punjab and Haryana on Monday held protests outside Food Corporation of India (FCI) offices and raised various demands, including a legal guarantee for the minimum support price. The protesters expressed anguish over the central government s decision to seek farmers land records for online payments to their accounts and demanded its immediate rollback. Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan said his organisation gheraoed 34 FCI offices in 15 districts of Punjab. Protests were also held outside the central procurement agency at Chandigarh, Amritsar, Sangrur and Haryana s Kurukshetra and Sonipat. The protesters asked the Centre to give a legal guarantee on the MSP for their produce.