Karnal, Sept. 30 -- Rohtak MP Deepinder Hooda on Monday demanded that the state government should provide a bonus of Rs.1000 per quintal to the farmers to help them recover from their losses.

The MP was in Kurukshetra to inaugurate the District Congress Committee office in the presence of district president Meva Singh, MLAs Ashok Arora (Thanesar) and Ramkaran Kala (Shahbad).

Speaking to the media, Hooda said that the farmers of the state were already facing natural disasters and administrative neglect in the form of floods and waterlogging.

"In such a situation, what else could the farmers do but protest? The government did not conduct any special crop assessment nor provide any special compensation. They have no answer other than open...