As many as 19 farmers’ outfits have announced a three-day rail roko agitation across Punjab from September 28 in protest against the Centre dragging its feet on long-pending measures, including a law on assured Minimum Support Price.
The rail blockade would be the first phase of the protest and the agitation would be intensified further .
Sarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary of the Punjab unit of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee — one of the outfits that would take part in the proposed agitation, alleged that the Centre has been indifferent towards farmers’ problems and hence they have decided to stage a demonstration to awaken the government from its slumber.
