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Farmers launch ‘kisan mazdoor nyay yatra’

Karnal, March 8Farmers under the banner of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Tikait) on Monday launched a ‘kisan mazdoor nyay yatra’ from here.Through the yatra, the farmers will reach out to the people of the state to highlight the disadvantages of the three farm laws passed by the Union government. Besides, they will also highlight the uncontrolled inflation in terms of increasing prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders. They are also demanding a guarantee law ensuring the MSP.Rattan Mann, state president, BKU, said the farmers’ agitation had crossed 100 days, but the government was not taking the issues of the farmers seriously.“We have started the yatra in support of our demands. Also, we are demanding a cut in the rates of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders,” said Mann. “We have started this yatra to ensure justice to farmers and mazdoors,” the state president added.Bhupinder Singh Ladi, state general secretary of the BKU, said farmers assembled at the old grain market and took out a protest march through all major roads of the city. Some farmers were walking, while several others were on tractors. He said the yatra would reach every district of the state.

The Tribune

2021-03-09