Blockade in 15 Punjab districts to continue: BKU

Chandigarh, January 2

The Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan ) has strongly condemned the postponement of the meeting from January 3 to 7 by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.

As a mark of protest, the sit-ins and complete blockade in 15 districts, including 12 DC offices and three SDM offices, would continue indefinitely. Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan, general secretary, BKU ( Ekta Ugrahan), said the state government was adopting a very casual approach towards implementing their six demands, which were accepted during a brief meet held on December 23. He said their demands include compensation for crop damage, relief to families of martyrs of kisan stir, compensating families of farmers who have died by suicide and government jobs for farmers’ kin.

“The worst part is that the government has adopted complete silence over the issue of removal of superfluous pre-conditions of limiting the crop damage relief to five acres only. The meetings fixed for December 28 and 30 were postponed by giving lame excuses,” he said.

“The irresponsible attitude towards thousands of farmers and farm labourers has compelled us to resort to such a drastic action,” he said.

The farm leaders said they burnt effigies of PM Modi in 239 villages ahead of his Punjab’s visit. — TNS

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