Ahead of PM visit, protests against Centre in Pb villages
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Ahead of PM visit, protests against Centre in Pb villages
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Bathinda: Days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ visit to Punjab, farmer groups on Sunday burnt effigies of the Central government across the state. The farmer groups were angry with the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of not moving ahead in forming a committee to deliberate for providing legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) to all farmers on all crops. The farmers are also demanding that Union MoS Ajay Mishra must be sacked over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, and all cases against farmers must be withdrawn. The farmer groups have also given call to burn effigies of the Central government and the Prime Minister at DC and SDM offices across the state on January 5, the day Prime Minister will be in Punjab to kickstart the election campaign of BJP. According to sources, farmer groups BKU Ekta Ugrahan, BKU Ekta Sidhupur, Kirti Kisan Union, BKU Krantikari led by Surjit Singh Phool and others burnt Central governent effigies in 239 villages across the state.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2022-01-03
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Chandigarh