Annoyed over the registration of police cases against farmers for burning paddy stubble, farmer outfits held demonstrations in Punjab and Haryana on Monday, demanding the withdrawal of cases.
Farmers associated with as many as 18 farmer-labour outfits and members of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM non-political) staged demonstrations at several places and submitted memorandums to deputy commissioners in support of their demands.
“We held demonstrations in Punjab and Haryana to express our anguish. Our key demand includes the immediate withdrawal of police cases registered against farmers for burning the stubble, among others,” said Sarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary of the Punjab unit of Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee, one of the participants’ unions.
