Will protest outside CM’s residence on Oct 18: SKM

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) today said that farmers, commission agents and rice millers would hold a protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on October 18 over the issue of tardy paddy procurement in the state.

A decision in this regard was taken at a joint meeting of the three groups this afternoon. “Mandis across the state are brimming with grains. The paddy purchase is slowing down and farmers are forced to spends days in mandis, trying to sell their produce,” said SKM leader Balbir Singh Rajewal.

He said farmers would show black flags to AAP MLAs and ministers whenever they visited grain markets, while commission agents would put up black flags in mandis to express their resentment.