Paddy purchase delay sparks protests in Haryana

Chandigarh, October 1

The Centre’s decision to postpone paddy procurement today sparked off protests in the rice belt comprising Kurukshetra, Karnal and Kaithal districts along the National Highway-44 in Haryana.

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Even as Opposition parties, including the Congress, lent support to the farmers in their protest against the delay, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) announced to gherao the residences of BJP-JJP MLAs and MPs across Haryana from tomorrow till October 11. “Postponing procurement is a government ploy to force the farmers to sell their crop to private players at a price below the MSP,” said Jagdeep Singh Aulakh, a member of BKU-Charuni’s state core committee.

Former CM and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda alleged the farmers had been left in the lurch as the procurement was first proposed from September 25 and then it was deferred from October 1 to October 11. — TNS

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