Chief Ministers Bhagwant Mann, Arvind Kejriwal and K Chandrashekar Rao disburse relief to the kin of farmers, who died during the Delhi stir, at a function in Chandigarh on Sunday. NITIN MITTAL
Ruchika M Khanna
Chandigarh, May 22
Three non-BJP CMs — K Chandrashekhar Rao (Telangana), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi) and Bhagwant Mann (Punjab) — shared a platform here on Sunday to pay tribute to farmers who died during the anti-farm laws stir as well as the Galwan Valley martyrs.
Amid sloganeering, the Rao urged the farmers to launch a nationwide stir to demand a constitutional guarantee on MSP for all crops. He challenged decision of the Centre on prepaid smart meters for farm consumers, a simmering issue in Punjab. Kejriwal said his government was under pressure from the Centre to convert stadiums into jails and send protesting farmers there, “but we withstood the pressure.”
Rao, Kejriwal and Mann distributed cheques for Rs 3 lakh each to kin of the deceased farmers and Rs 10 lakh each to the kin of Galwan martyrs.
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