Farmer unions to block traffic against agricultural ordinances

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 4

As many as nine farmer organisations on Friday held a meeting under the banner of ‘Coordination committee’ against the three ordinances passed by the Central Cabinet. The farmers say these ordinances will ruin them as the Central Government wants to “end minimum support prices” in a phased manner.

The committee has announced that they will block roads and highways in Punjab a day before the Parliament Session when the decision on the ordinance will be taken.

Satnam Sahni, spokesperson of the Doaba Kisan Sangharsh Committee, said, “Those MPs, who will support the ordinance, will be boycotted in Punjab”. Members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union Ekta Sidhupur, BKU Rajewal, BKU (Lakhowal), BKU (Doaba), Indian Farmer Association, Punjab Kisan Manch and BKU Mansa participated in the meeting.

Recently in Phagwara, farmers in around 500 tractors by putting black flags and anti-ordinance banners on their vehicles moved from the grain market to the residence of Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Parkash.