Farm body submits 15-point memo to SDM, seeks bonus

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, April 17

A delegation of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), Punjab, submitted a 15-point memorandum to the Chief Minister, through Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ranjish Arora here on Thursday.

The delegation said if their demands are not met, they would lodge a three-day statewide protest from April 28. Members of the organisation said they were demanding a special package for farmers and labourers as “they have been heavily affected by the lockdown”.

Jasbir Singh Piddi, a leader of the organisation, said the process to procure wheat through e-pass would result in harassment of farmers. He said the the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee wanted the government to complete the procurement of wheat by May 15. “We want the government to abolish the condition of procurement of just 50 quintals wheat from a farmer in one turn.

Our other demands include Rs 200 bonus per quintal to farmers, Rs 10, 000 every month to labourers who have gone jobless due to the lockdown, supply gunny bags on the doorstep of farmers and payment of for procured wheat within 48 hours,” he said.