Farmers on Monday blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh highway after holding a mahapanchayat on this district to press for minimal assist worth for sunflower seed.
The “MSP Dilao, Kisan Bachao mahapanchayat”, referred to as by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni), was held at a grain market in Pipli near National Highway-44. After the mahapanchayat the farmers gathered on the highway, blocking it. Police had been diverting site visitors from different routes.
At the mahapanchayat, farmer chief Karam Singh Mathana stated the native administration had assured them of a gathering with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to debate their calls for. “But now they say the chief minister has left Karnal”.
“Because of this, the local committee which had organised the mahapanchayat decided to block the National Highway-44 till our demands are met,” Mathana stated.
#WATCH | Haryana: Farmers with their tractors on roads of Kurukshetra as they collect right here to carry Mahapanchyat over their demand for Minimum Support Price for sunflower seed. pic.twitter.com/5HOSvDEKww
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#WATCH | Haryana: Farmers gathered in Kurukshetra to carry Mahapanchyat over their demand for Minimum Support Price for sunflower seed, out on roads within the metropolis. pic.twitter.com/DNU0S1Vgqe
— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2023
On June 6, farmers led by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni blocked National Highway-44 close to Shahabad demanding that the federal government procure sunflower seeds at minimal assist worth. Police used water cannons and resorted to lathicharge to disperse the protesters.
Later, 9 BKU (Charuni) leaders, together with its president, had been arrested over varied fees, together with rioting and illegal meeting.
Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait, who attended the mahapanchayat on Monday, stated the federal government ought to procure sunflower on MSP and the farmer leaders arrested in Shahabad ought to be launched.
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Addressing the Mahapanchayat, Tiakit introduced that the Samyukta Kisan Morcha would begin a pan-India agitation if a legislation for MPS, “as promised by the Union government”, will not be introduced.
The authorities declares MSP however fails to obtain it at that fee, he alleged. Tiakit condemned the police motion towards Churni and the farmers who on June 6 blocked National Highway-44 and requested, “What wrong has the BKU (Charuni) leader done when he sought MSP for sunflower crop.”
Apart from leaders of varied khaps and Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait, Olympic medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia, one of many grapplers who’ve been demanding motion towards outgoing Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, had been current on the mahapanchayat.
Addressing the mahapanchayat, some farm leaders criticised the federal government for its “anti-farmers” insurance policies and police actions towards their leaders. They demanded that the federal government procure sunflower seeds at MSP and that the protesters arrested in Shahabad not too long ago be launched.
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Elaborate police preparations have been made to stop any untoward incident.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had on Saturday launched Rs 29.13 crore as interim compensation to eight,528 farmers for sunflowers grown on 36,414 acres. The farmers are demanding that the state authorities procure sunflowers at an MSP of Rs 6,400 per quintal.
Under the Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana — worth distinction cost scheme — the state authorities is giving Rs 1,000 per quintal as interim assist for sunflower crop bought under MSP.
Addressing the Mahapanchayat, Bajrang Punia stated the wrestlers have postponed their agitation until June 15 and their subsequent plan of action can be introduced if sturdy motion will not be taken towards Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by that point.
The Union authorities had assured the wrestlers {that a} cost sheet will likely be filed towards the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India chief Singh by June 15, following which that they had halted their protest.
Punia stated they had been getting full assist from varied khaps and different organisations of their battle.
