Chandigarh, April 4 -- Former chief minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday alleged that farmers are being subjected to multiple hardships by the state government through new conditions such as tractor verification, biometric authentication and the requirement of guarantors for selling wheat at the minimum support price (MSP).

Hooda said that from Saturday, he along with party office-bearers and MLAs will begin visiting mandis in their respective constituencies to assess the ground situation.

"Conditions such as large number plates on tractors, biometric verification, gate passes and the requirement of three guarantors are being imposed on farmers. A frustrated farmer may simply choose to sell his produce...