Farmers lay siege to Jalandhar DC office

Jalandhar, December 23

The farmer organisations, which are a part of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, today blocked the entrance of the District Administrative Complex over their various demands.

Led by farmer Kashmir Singh, members of the morcha raised slogans against the state government for dilly-dallying their demands. Among the main issue that was raised by the farmers was providing the promised compensation to the families of the farmers who lost their lives protesting against the Centre during the farmers’ protest on the Delhi borders. They also demanded a job for the next of the kin for each of these 700 victims.

The farmers also demanded that notification of land of farmers being acquired in areas around Mehatpur including in Udowal, Pachharia, Bulanda be withdrawn.

“Already two farmers including Megha Singh and Jaswinder Singh have committed suicide for forcible acquisition of their land. The land is being acquired just to benefit one person even as there already is a road passage in the area,” the farmers alleged. — TNS