Jasbir Singh Shetra
Jagraon, 2 December
According to the announcement made by the Kirti Kisan Union Punjab, a protest was held in front of the Additional Deputy Commissioner’s office here. The paddy season which started on October 1 did not end even after the end of December, the farmers and laborers in the mandis were suffering from hunger as well as this protest was made against the cut in the name of moisture. After this, the attention of the Punjab government was brought to this side by giving a demand letter to the ADC office official. The state president of the organization Hardev Singh Sandhu, Karamjit Singh, Pyara Singh, Kirpal Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Jagraj Singh, Amarjit Singh, Navdeep Singh, Malkit Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Buta Singh, Daljit Singh and others said that the government The administration has left the farmers at the mercy of the sheller owners. Ten sacks behind a truck being taken as cut in the name of high humidity. He alleged that this work was done indiscriminately and is continuing, but the officials of the market committee were nowhere to be seen. He said that not only the paddy was cut but also the farmers were robbed by buying paddy at a low price in many markets. Comrade Sandhu said that in this new method of cutting, raw slip is used, which has a big difference with J-form. Demanding an investigation into the matter from the government, the farmers’ leaders said that there will be a big difference between the figures of the paddy sold by the farmers and what was shown. The protesters have demanded an inquiry into the matter from the Vigilance Department and appropriate action against the concerned sheller owners.