Ex-bureaucrats, veterans to join Kisan Sansad

Chandigarh, July 30

Several retired civil servants and Army officers, besides intellectuals, have made preparations to join the Kisan Sansad for a day to express solidarity with the farmers agitating for their fundamental rights.

Addressing a gathering here, SS Boparai, former Secretary, Government of India, stressed the various steps taken by the Kirti Kisan Forum (KKF) to give intellectual support to farmers protesting the farms laws. He said the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) had intimated that it would soon inform the KKF about the modalities to raise the issues concerning the farming community in the nation.

RI Singh, former Chief Secretary, Punjab, said successive generations of farmers would face an existential crisis due the farm laws. MS Chahal, former Chairman, Punjab and Sind Bank, stressed the need to safeguard farm incomes. DS Bains said ensuring procurement at MSP of all 23 crops for which the Centre announced price support would help attain the goal of diversifcation. — TNS