Karnal, Sept. 27 -- State president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU)'s Tikait faction Rattan Mann on Friday protested against the market committee's alleged failure to install digital weighing machines at the paddy purchase centres.

Mann also accused the authorities of violating government orders, forcing farmers to protest and also demanded a smooth paddy procurement.

"This is all happening due to the connivance of committee and commission agents that the digital weighing machines have not been installed. Despite the chief minister being a farmer himself, the plight of farmers persists. He should take to the field and address the farmers' concerns," Mann said, while staging a dharna outside the main gate of the market committee office. ...