All 30 farmer unions support Punjab
bandh
Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana |
September 20, 2020 12:10:09 am
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A decision to this effect was taken at
a meeting of the
30 farmer unions at Moga on Saturday afternoon.
The unions will again meet at Barnala on
September 22 to decide the future course of
action.
Already rail roko has been announced
from
September 24-26 by Kisan Mazdoor Sangrash
Committee. However, only a few trains are
running these days.
Buta Singh Burzgill, state president, Bhartiya
Kisan Union-Ekta (Dakaunda), and Jagmohan Singh
Patiala, general secretary, Bhartiya Kisan
Union-Ekta (Dakaunda), said that the joint
struggle against the agriculture Bills would be
intensified
The farmers demanded that the Central
government and the Reserve Bank of India should
immediately
release the
cash credit limit
to Punjab for picking up the crop from
the mandis for the paddy season.
The farmers said that
there are 154 urban mandis and 4,000 procurement
centres in Punjab. There are
7,000 permanent urban markets in the country.
According to the reports submitted by the
agronomists to the Central government from time
to time, the
mandis need to be increased six times, ie 42,000
mandis, for proper procurement
arrangements. But the Modi government has
reversed the government’s procurement system,
the farmers alleged.
Sixty-five-year-old farmer
Preetam Singh who had committed suicide after
consuming sulphase tablets Friday morning at
pakka morcha organised at Badal village will be
cremated on Sunday.
Ram Singh Bhainibhaga, president of BKU (Ugrahan), said,
“District administration has given Rs 3 lakh in
compensation to the farmer’s family while Rs 17
lakh is the pending loan on family which the
government has promised to waive off.
In addition to this, they have also
given an assurance to provide a government job
to a family member of Preetam Singh. Though he
was unmarried, his nephews are eligible for the
same.” Bhainibhaga added, “We have appealed to
farmers from the stage that they should not
adopt this way of committing suicide. Rather
they should struggle for their rights. Unions
are always with them.”