SKM to gherao Saini's residence
ROHTAK, Nov. 13 -- 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 to the sugar mill director amid sloganeering. The meeting was presided over by farmer leader Rajendra Kohla.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) state president Ratan Mann among others addressed the gathering. They argued that the proposed increase in sugarcane prices was inadequate in view of the rising input costs and the financial burden on farmers....
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