Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers to burn copies of agri ordinances

Hisar: A meeting of the Haryana state committee of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was held in Hisar on Sunday. AIKS state unit chief Phool Singh Sheokand said during the meeting, lathi-charge by police on farmers during the rally in Pipli was condemned and participants demanded withdrawal of cases registered against all farmers and commission agents. AIKS descibed the policies of the state and central governments as anti-farmer. AIKS state executive secretary Sumit Singh said Parliament session was starting on Monday, so copies of the agriculture marketing ordinances would be burnt and farmers would stage demonstrations across Haryana on September 15. “Today, cotton and moong crops have been destroyed in large areas of the state, including Hisar, Fatehabad, Bhiwani, Sirsa and other districts, causing heavy losses to farmers. Farmers have been protesting for several days demanding to take stock of the loss, but the government and officials are not paying any attention . Therefore, on September 17, revenue minister Dushyant Chautala’s Uchana office will be gheraoed to seek special girdawari of the damaged crops, withdrawal of cases registered against farmers and new tubewell connections,” Sumit said. Sheokand said AIKS would campaign in all districts on September 20. In the meeting, Kisan Sabha accused the government of not listening to the problems of farmers and thousands of farmers were waiting for tubewell connections, but in vain.

The Times of India

2020-09-14

Chandigarh