Farmers demand rollback of agri ordinances, burn effigy of PM

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 9

Activists of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee burnt an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding that three recent ordinances presented by the Centre should be removed immediately.

The farmers stated three ordinances; Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinances were against the interests of the farming community.

The farmers blocked the Amritsar-Tarn Taran road and threatened that they would initiate a ‘jail bharo’ agitation soon if the government failed to act. Sarwan Singh Pandher, General Secretary Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee said, “Our demands include scrapping of the three ordinances, complete debt waiver for farmers as announced by Capt Amarinder Singh earlier and an impartial inquiry into the recent deaths due to hooch tragedy.”

Pandher alleged that the illegal hooch nexus was being run by the Congress and SAD strongmen.