Farmers’ meeting with Punjab CM was inconclusive: Farmers will set up a front in Chandigarh on March 5, Chief Minister left the meeting and goes away – Punjab News

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Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said that only half the memorandum was discussed in the meeting. The Chief Minister said that he has an eye infection, he has an appointment from a doctor. For this reason they have to go. He then asked the farmers what they are going to do on the 5th.

When the farmers did not respond to the farmers. Also said that if you want to perform the sit-in demonstration, then he will not attend the meeting. Then got up from the meeting and left. Rajewal said that in such a situation it is difficult to say whether an issue was agreed or not. He has described the Chief Minister’s behavior as unfair. He said that if the demands are accepted, then he was not going to put a front.

The CM posted a post on his social media account X and wrote that in the meeting held in Punjab Bhavan today, I appealed to all the honorable leaders of Kisan Jathabandis that blocking the wheel, stopping roads and rails or closing Punjab, is not a solution to any problem. These most common people have to get upset. It also has a great impact on the functioning and business of the rest of the society, we should also take care of it.

Share post after meeting by CM Bhagwant Mann.

This is the main demands of farmers

Farmers have included a total of 17 demands in their list for the meeting with the government. Of these, 13 demands are such that the government has already assured to fulfill. In these demands, making government and farmers sub-committee on demands, starting One Time Settlement Scheme for NABARD loan of farmers on the lines of government departments, waiving the bills of motors on the Sirhind feeder canal from 1 January 2023, the government will find a solution to the distribution of land and dogs in village-every village from January 2024 to 13 April 2024.

These include issuing rifle licenses to farmers, issuing prepaid power meters to farmers to prevent crop damage by animals, ban on forced supply of nano packaging and other products to farmers, compensation for loss of sugarcane crop due to floods, banning new accounts in cooperative societies, removing new accounts in cooperative societies, constitutions of sub-collections to solve the demands of imprisonment and sugarcane farmers, formation of sub-collections by the Government of Punjab Government and the national education policy to solve the demands of sugarcane farmers. Is.

The leader of the United Farmers Front holding a press conference in Chandigarh. (File)

Shambhu-Khanuri Morcha in preparation for Mahapanchayat

Farmers’ struggle continues on Shambhu and Khanouri fronts of Punjab-Haryana. The fast unto death of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal has entered the 98th day on Monday. On completion of 100 days of his fast, 101 farmers will sit on a one -day hunger strike on the Khanauri border on March 5.

Meanwhile, the schedule of Kisan Mahapanchayat to be held across the country in March will also be decided today. A meeting has been held for this. The United Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have also announced to organize Mahila Kisan Panchayat on 8 March.

Copy of letters sent for meeting by Punjab government.

Get compensation for crop damage

Crops in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have suffered heavy losses due to recent hailstorm and rain. Especially, mustard and wheat crops have been severely affected in Amritsar in Punjab, Ambala in Haryana and border areas of Rajasthan.

The leaders of the Shambhu Front have demanded from the state and the central government that just as drone and satellite technology is used to monitor the straw burning, similarly the loss of crops should be immediately assessed on a scientific basis. He said that farmers should be given appropriate compensation without delay and crop insurance companies should be surrounded and Girdawari should be made in the affected areas.