Haryana farmers block Delhi-Chandigarh highway after mahapanchayat seeking MSP for sunflower seed
The Hindu
Farmers on June 12 blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh highway after holding a mahapanchayat in this district to press for minimum support price for sunflower seed.
Farmers on June 12 blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh highway after holding a mahapanchayat in this district to press for minimum support price for sunflower seed.
The "MSP Dilao, Kisan Bachao mahapanchayat", called by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni), was held at a grain market in Pipli close to the National Highway-44.
After the mahapanchayat, the farmers gathered on the highway and blocked it. Police were diverting traffic from Delhi through the Kurukshetra bypass.
Apart from leaders of various khaps and Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, Olympic medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia, one of the grapplers who have been demanding action against outgoing Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, were present at the mahapanchayat.
Farmers from Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan too attended the gathering.
At the mahapanchayat, farmer leader Karam Singh Mathana said the local administration had assured them of a meeting with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to discuss their demands. "But now they say the chief minister has left Karnal".
"Because of this, the local committee, which organised the mahapanchayat, decided to block the National Highway-44 till our demands are met," Mathana said. The highway also connects the Delhi-Kurukshetra-Amritsar route.
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