Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) and other farmer organisations on Thursday blocked the national highway at Pipli in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district for almost two hours after police did not allow them move to their rally venue to protest against the Centre’s three agri ordinances, which they claim are “anti-farmer”.
Police resorted to force on the agitating farmers when they forcibly tried to move to the rally venue by breaking a barricade. The farmers then blocked the national highway that connects Delhi to Ambala near Kurukshetra. The confrontation between police and farmers went on from 11 am to 2 pm before the latter were finally allowed to hold the rally at Pipli.
Now, the protesting farmers have announced that they will block all roads of the state on September 20 if their demands are not met by then.
The farmer organisations are demanding a legislation to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the wake of three ordinances introduced by the central government — the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020, and an amendment in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The ruling BJP has launched a campaign in support of the ordinances, calling them “reforms” in the agriculture sector.IE
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