Farmers Movement Archive

BKU's Haryana unit holds bike rally against agriculture ordinances

AMBALA: On the occasion of Independence Day, the Haryan unit of Bharatiya Kisan Union's Haryana unit held a rally against three agriculture ordinances passed by the Union government in northern districts, including Ambala, Kurukshetra, and Yamunanagar on Saturday. In their protest, the farmers hoisted black-flag on their bikes and cars and conducted rallies on vehicles through the cities and rural areas. Later the farmers gathered at grain markets and also protested outside the districts’ headquarters while raising slogans against the government. The BKU Haryana also burnt the copies of three agriculture ordinances and demanded from the government to revoke the same and bring a law for guaranteeing purchase on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their crops and in case, if they get anything less than the MSP, a provision to prosecute. The farmers held a peaceful protest and later handed over memorandums of demand in the name of Prime Minister to the concerned district and block-level senior officers. BKU Haryana president Gurnam Singh Charuni said, “The recently passed three agriculture ordinances of the government of India are neither in the interest of farmers or the country. We will continue our protest against these laws and demand from the government to revoke the same. The government should bring a law to guarantee the purchase of all crops on the MSP and in case, the farmers get anything less than MSP, there should be a provision to prosecute the concerned person. The purchase below MSP should be declared a crime.”

The Times of India

2020-08-17

Chandigarh