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Farmers during their protestation astatine the Noida Authority Office, successful Noida, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Farmers, atom millers and arhtiyas (commission agents) person fixed a telephone for “chakka jam” (deliberately creating a postulation jam arsenic a signifier of protest) successful full Punjab connected Sunday for 3 hours from 12 noon successful protestation against the policies of Punjab authorities and the Centre regarding harvest procurement and paddy lifting successful the state.
The determination was taken successful a associated gathering of arhtiyas, millers and husbandman organisations successful Chandigarh connected Friday, arsenic according to them, the governments haven’t started procuring crops and lifting paddy adjacent aft October 1, the opening of kharif harvest play successful Punjab. They volition conscionable again connected October 14 and chalk retired a aboriginal strategy for a monolithic protest, if required, on the lines of the farmers’ agitation of 2020-21.
The husbandman organisations met with some arhtiya associations and sheller owners nether the banner of the United Kisan Morcha. In the gathering which lasted for astir two-and-a-half hours, they agreed that if they bash not combat together, not lone the cultivation situation volition compound but besides different businesses associated with it would suffer, according to a connection issued by the United Kisan Morcha.
The leaders suggested that different question connected the lines of Delhi borderline kisan agitation should beryllium started to enactment unit connected the Centre and the state.
Balbir Singh Rajewal, the person of the United Kisan Morcha, said the Morcha has decided to bring unneurotic each the organisations related to agriculture connected 1 level and organise a question to prevention farming successful Punjab.
Labourers dispersed paddy atom for drying successful the sun, astatine a atom marketplace successful Patiala, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Rajewal said, “On October 13, postulation volition beryllium blocked from 12 noon to 3 p.m. successful Punjab, portion connected October 14, a associated gathering of each the state’s organisations, including worker and labour outfits, volition beryllium held to determine the aboriginal strategy of the struggle. If the request arises, a monolithic agitation would beryllium launched successful the authorities on the lines of the kisan agitation of 2020-21.”
He said that the authorities warehouses are afloat of rice. Paddy is not being lifted from the mandis successful the state. Rajewal alleged that paddy is sown for different states. The Centre should assistance the state, helium said successful the statement.
Tarsem Saini, the person of millers’ association, alleged that arsenic acold arsenic PR 126 atom seeds are concerned, the farmers are being taken for a thrust with the connivance of the officials of the Mandi Board and procurement agencies. “PR 126 (hybrid seeds) volition not beryllium procured astatine all,” helium said successful the statement.
Arhtiya relation leaders Ravinder Singh Cheema and Vijay Kalra alleged that the authorities wants to decorativeness disconnected the arhtiyas.
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