Farm organisation plans to gherao residences of MPs

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, July 9

Hundreds of farmers, commission agents, ‘palledars’, ‘munims’ of the commission agents and others activists of various organisations took part in a state-level conference organised by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), Punjab, here on Thursday. The meeting was held to lodge a protest against the three agricultural Ordinances promulgated by the Centre.

The committee gave a call to gherao the residences of Union Minister Harsimrat Badal, Union Minister of State Som Parkash and all other Lok Sabha members from the state on July 21 to express their resentment against the new laws.

Addressing the gathering, Satnam Singh Pannu, state president and other leaders of the committee, condemned the three Ordinances, calling these as a step to deprive farmers of the facilities being availed of by them after making “great sacrifices” and long struggles.

Pannu said the purpose behind the Ordinances was to safeguard the interests of the corporate sector and the Centre was ignoring the need of assured procurement for development of the farm sector. He said small-sized farms would go into the hands of multi-national companies (MNC).

“The Ordinances are also against the fundamental spirit of the federal structure of the country as the Union Government is taking control of the power sector from the states,” Pannu said.

The workers took out a march to the SDM office, where they blocked road traffic and burn effigies of the Union Government, the SAD and other BJP allies at the Centre.