Karnal, Sept. 16 -- Nearly two weeks after Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Gurnam Singh Charuni warned the Haryana government to start kharif procurement by September 15 or face protests, the farmer leader will chair a meeting at the Shahbad grain market in Kurukshetra on Wednesday to push their demand.

Charuni has appealed to the farmers and activists affiliated with his union to reach the mandi for the meeting adjacent to NH-44 by 10 am on Wednesday.

"You all must come prepared and in large numbers so that a collective decision can be reached by consensus. So far, we have not received any intimation from the state government informing us about starting the procurement," the farmer leader said in a video message.

He also said th...