Farmers to meet Punjab CM’s Principal Secy today
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Farmers to meet Punjab CM’s Principal Secy today
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A day after farmers gheraoed Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal’s residence at Badal village here, the district administration and police today held a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with them in the village and promised their meeting would now be held with the Principal Secretary to CM and some department heads in Chandigarh on Saturday.Notably, farmers from five districts – Muktsar, Bathinda, Mansa, Fazilka and Faridkot – under the banner of BKU Ekta Ugrahan, were lodging a protest near Manpreet’s residence since Monday, demanding Rs 60,000 per acre compensation for themselves and Rs 30,000 for every farm labourer family for the damage to the cotton crop due to pink bollworm. They have even blocked the Kheowali-Bathinda road by pitching a tent.Shingara Singh Mann, state secretary, BKU Ekta Ugrahan, said, “We held a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner, the SSP and some other officials, who have told us that our meeting has been fixed with the Principal Secretary to the CM and some other senior officers in Chandigarh. Though we had announced to gherao the FM’s residence today again, we have decided to continue our protest at our earlier site and not to march ahead today. Now, our delegation will go to Chandigarh tomorrow and then take a decision.” DC Harpreet Singh Sudan said, “The CM also wanted to be in the meeting but he is busy at a family function. The state government has already ordered girdawari and taken other steps also.” — TNS
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The Tribune
Date
2021-10-09
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Muktsar