Punjab (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: Farmers, under the banner of the BKU (Ugrahan), have started an indefinite protest near the local residence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on the Patiala road. Farmers have set up a stage on one side of the road side while the other part is bring used to transport various items to the protest site from various parts of the state.
Farmers are protesting against the state and centre governments for various pending demands. “Our protest will continue till the implementation of the accepted demands. The financial condition of farmers has been taking a turn for the worse as successive governments have failed to help them,” said Joginder Singh Ugrahan, President of the outfit.
But surprisingly, Aam Aadmi Party presently ruling the Punjab state and recently came into power seeking votes on the name of Farmers party has not responded yet on this topic. Despite of openly supporting the Farmers protest on Delhi borders last year against the three farm laws introduced by the central government, AAP hasn’t broken its silence. Last year when farmers were agitating against the centre government, Despite of the bloackade outside whole delhi, the AAP supported agitaters and provided them necessary amenities including washrooms, water and ambulances.
Opposition has also strikes against the ruling party and called its, “Double standards of AAP”. Adding to it some declared the politics on
Their demands from the state governement include immediate release of financial aid to farmers, who have suffered losses due to damage to cotton and other crops and special assessment of crops damaged recently, allotment of a special budget for water projects, closure of liquor factory near Zira for causing pollution and quick action to prevent pollution of various canals by industrialists of Ludhiana.
