ROHTAK, Nov. 12 -- Farmers demand minimum SAP of Rs.600 per quintal; announce seven mahapanchayats across state before November 26 as part of agitation

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday demanded that the Haryana government fix the sugarcane price at Rs.600 per quintal and warned of a major statewide agitation, including a gherao of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini's residence in Kurukshetra on December 2, if the demand was not accepted.

The announcement was made at a mahapanchayat organised outside the Sonepat Cooperative Sugar Mill, where representatives of several farmer organisations gathered to press for a substantial hike in the state-advised price (SAP) of sugarcane.

The protesters submitted a memorandum of their demands...