Bathinda/Patiala/Ambala: A few hours before the Center reviews its order on paddy procurement Punjab and Haryana, hundreds of farmers from both the states gheraoed several DC offices and residences of MLAs and ministers on Saturday morning to pressurize the two state governments to start the process at the earliest.
The Center on Thursday suspended procurement of kharif paddy in Punjab and Haryana, which usually starts from October 1 to October 11, because of delay in crop maturity and moisture content in fresh arrivals due to recent heavy rains. exceeds the permissible limit.
Violent clashes took place in Panchkula and Karnal in Haryana. Angry farmers surrounded Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Karnal’s Prem Nagar and also put up tents outside. Hundreds of farmers and laborers from different parts of Karnal district had gathered at the new grain market in Karnal. After holding a meeting there under the leadership of BKU (Charuni) District President Jagdeep Singh Aulakh, they began their march towards the Haryana CM residence in paddy-laden tractor-trailers and other vehicles.
Though the police tried to stop them by using barricades and light water cannons on the crowd, the farmers broke the barricades while heavy police force including paramilitary force was also deployed at the CM residence to deal with any law and order situation. was posted on.
Elsewhere in Haryana, the residences of several BJP and JJP leaders were cordoned off. There was serious law and order situation in Sirsa as farmers broke barricades and staged a sit-in outside MP Sunita Duggal’s residence. However, the situation was brought under control after top police officials reached the spot. Later, the farmers put langar outside the MP’s residence. In neighboring Hisar, farmers submitted a memorandum to MLA Kamal Gupta, while in Fatehabad, they gheraoed the house of MLA Dura Ram.
In Ambala, farmers took out a march from the new grain market and marched towards the residence of BJP’s Ambala MLA Aseem Goyal with a tractor-trolley laden with paddy. According to sources, several police barricades were broken near the residence of the MLAs, but later the farmers sat on a peaceful dharna outside the house.
In Kurukshetra’s Shahabad-Markanda town, farmers gathered and protested near the residences of Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sandeep Singh and JJP’s Shahabad MLA Ram Karan Kala. In Jagadhri town of Yamunanagar, he staged a sit-in near the house of Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal. Heavy police force was deployed by the respective district administrations at all the protest sites to protect the residences of the ruling party leaders in Haryana.
Farmers in Punjab’s Patiala and Bathinda submitted memorandums to the respective Deputy Commissioners and demanded paddy purchase from Monday. The protesting farmers also warned that if the deadline was missed, they would go on an indefinite strike in front of DC offices across the state. In Patiala, a group of farmers also protested near the houses of MLAs Brahm Mohindra and Rajinder Singh.
Interestingly, the chief ministers of both Punjab and Haryana claimed credit for the Centre’s decision to start procurement from Sunday.
Khattar, who along with Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal, met Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey in New Delhi on Saturday, said the Center agreed to the request of their delegation. is of. October 3 as most of the grain had already reached the mandis. “I am glad that they have accepted our request,” he said.
Similarly, statements from the office of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who raised the issue of kharif procurement during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, said that the Center has ‘accepted’ the CM’s request. Channi while thanking PM Modi for his immediate personal intervention in this regard said that this decision will play a vital role in ensuring smooth and hassle free procurement of paddy to the satisfaction of the farmers.
Describing the protest as the victory of farmers, Gurnam Singh Charuni, National President of BKU Charuni said, ‘Once again a big victory for the farmers, after the gherao of MLAs and MPs in Haryana, assured to start paddy procurement from tomorrow (October 3) and Punjab. Thanks to the farmers and if the government does not start the procurement by tomorrow, the road will be blocked on Monday.
The Center on Thursday suspended procurement of kharif paddy in Punjab and Haryana, which usually starts from October 1 to October 11, because of delay in crop maturity and moisture content in fresh arrivals due to recent heavy rains. exceeds the permissible limit.
Violent clashes took place in Panchkula and Karnal in Haryana. Angry farmers surrounded Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Karnal’s Prem Nagar and also put up tents outside. Hundreds of farmers and laborers from different parts of Karnal district had gathered at the new grain market in Karnal. After holding a meeting there under the leadership of BKU (Charuni) District President Jagdeep Singh Aulakh, they began their march towards the Haryana CM residence in paddy-laden tractor-trailers and other vehicles.
Though the police tried to stop them by using barricades and light water cannons on the crowd, the farmers broke the barricades while heavy police force including paramilitary force was also deployed at the CM residence to deal with any law and order situation. was posted on.
Elsewhere in Haryana, the residences of several BJP and JJP leaders were cordoned off. There was serious law and order situation in Sirsa as farmers broke barricades and staged a sit-in outside MP Sunita Duggal’s residence. However, the situation was brought under control after top police officials reached the spot. Later, the farmers put langar outside the MP’s residence. In neighboring Hisar, farmers submitted a memorandum to MLA Kamal Gupta, while in Fatehabad, they gheraoed the house of MLA Dura Ram.
In Ambala, farmers took out a march from the new grain market and marched towards the residence of BJP’s Ambala MLA Aseem Goyal with a tractor-trolley laden with paddy. According to sources, several police barricades were broken near the residence of the MLAs, but later the farmers sat on a peaceful dharna outside the house.
In Kurukshetra’s Shahabad-Markanda town, farmers gathered and protested near the residences of Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sandeep Singh and JJP’s Shahabad MLA Ram Karan Kala. In Jagadhri town of Yamunanagar, he staged a sit-in near the house of Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal. Heavy police force was deployed by the respective district administrations at all the protest sites to protect the residences of the ruling party leaders in Haryana.
Farmers in Punjab’s Patiala and Bathinda submitted memorandums to the respective Deputy Commissioners and demanded paddy purchase from Monday. The protesting farmers also warned that if the deadline was missed, they would go on an indefinite strike in front of DC offices across the state. In Patiala, a group of farmers also protested near the houses of MLAs Brahm Mohindra and Rajinder Singh.
Interestingly, the chief ministers of both Punjab and Haryana claimed credit for the Centre’s decision to start procurement from Sunday.
Khattar, who along with Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal, met Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey in New Delhi on Saturday, said the Center agreed to the request of their delegation. is of. October 3 as most of the grain had already reached the mandis. “I am glad that they have accepted our request,” he said.
Similarly, statements from the office of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who raised the issue of kharif procurement during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, said that the Center has ‘accepted’ the CM’s request. Channi while thanking PM Modi for his immediate personal intervention in this regard said that this decision will play a vital role in ensuring smooth and hassle free procurement of paddy to the satisfaction of the farmers.
Describing the protest as the victory of farmers, Gurnam Singh Charuni, National President of BKU Charuni said, ‘Once again a big victory for the farmers, after the gherao of MLAs and MPs in Haryana, assured to start paddy procurement from tomorrow (October 3) and Punjab. Thanks to the farmers and if the government does not start the procurement by tomorrow, the road will be blocked on Monday.
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