Grain mandis shut in Kota, Hadauti areas
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Grain mandis shut in Kota, Hadauti areas
Description
Kota: The markets and business activities in Bhamasha Grain Mandi, claimed to be Asia’s largest, in divisional headquarters Kota and Bundi district headquarters remained closed on Tuesday in support of farmers protesting for the withdrawal of farm laws. Partial shutdown of markets was witnessed in Baran and Jhalawar districts of Hadouti region, however, the grain mandis were remained closed here.The Congress workers led by Kota city party president Ravinder Tyagi on Tuesday took out a rally from party’s office in the city into main markets and appealed the business and trade organizations and shopkeepers to support the farmers protesting nationwide by shutting down their establishments till 3pm. The mayors of Kota South municipal corporation Rajiv Agrawal and Kota North Manju Mehra also joined the party workers in the rally to appeal for the closing of markets, however, a group of party workers, including PCC members and officer bearers stayed distanced.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-12-09
Coverage
Jaipur