Karnal, Oct. 5 -- Farmers under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Tikait) blocked the Panchkula-Dehradun highway (NH-344) at Aurangabad village in Yamunanagar on Sunday, criticising the state government over multiple issues faced during the ongoing paddy procurement.

A group of farmers also locked the gates of the market committee at the Gharaunda grain market in Karnal, alleging slow purchase of their crop.

In Yamunanagar, BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait arrived for annual meeting of the district units, to discuss paddy purchase, increasing the moisture content in paddy from 17% to 22%, increasing state advised price (SAP) of sugarcane from Rs.415 per quintal to Rs.600, a rollback of the Indo-US trade deal and othe...