5-acre rider on crop compensation: Farmers gherao DC office in Ludhiana
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5-acre rider on crop compensation: Farmers gherao DC office in Ludhiana
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Protesting against the government’s five-acre rider on crop compensation, farmers gheraoed the deputy commissioner’s office on Friday. The farmers, who were protesting under the banner of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU – Ekta Ugrahan), submitted a memorandum with an additional deputy commissioner and asked for a list of farmers who had received ₹2 lakh in their bank accounts. “The chief minister is deliberately delaying approvals, but we will continue to gherao the DC office till our demands are met,” said Charan Singh Nurpur, BKU, district president.
Publisher
Hindustan Times
Date
01-01-2022
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Chandigarh