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Ten-day farmer strike; all you need to know

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On Friday thousands of farmers from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana started a ten-day nationwide strike. The protests mark the first anniversary of the Mandsaur demonstration in Madhya Pradesh, in which six farmers were killed in police firing.

 

Why are they protesting?

They are demanding waiver of loans, right price for their crops and implementation of recommendations of Swaminathan Commission.

What will be the impact?

As the farmers have shut down the supply of milk, vegetables and essential farm produce, retail prices of vegetable and dairy prices may rise.

Speaking about the same, Shiv Kumar Sharma, president of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh, which is leading the protests, said, “More than 130 farmers organisations are with us. This has now become a nationwide agitation. We have named the protest ‘Gaon Band’. We won’t go to cities, as we don’t want to heckle the normal lives of the people.”

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In Punjab, farmers in Faridkot stopped the supply of vegetable, fruits, and milk, while in Ludhiana’s Samrala they spilled milk on the road. Similar were the situations in other states too.

However, the protests didn’t alter the vegetable supply in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur. “The situation is normal here. There is no shortage in supply of important things like milk and vegetables. We have deployed adequate police force so that if anything happens we can take care of it,” said Mandsaur Collector, OP Shrivastava.

(With inputs from ANI)

 

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