Congress legislators hold protest in support of sugarcane farmers

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Congress legislators hold protest in support of sugarcane farmers

Wednesday, 15 March 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN

Demanding payment of pending dues of the sugarcane farmers, the Congress MLAs staged a protest outside the Assembly building at Bharadisain on the second day of the budget session of the Assembly on Tuesday.

Before the start of the session the Congress members led by the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Assembly Yashpal Arya and former Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh sat on the stairs leading to the main building of the Assembly and staged a vociferous protest. Holding stalks of sugarcane in their hands the Congress MLAs accused the State government of being insensitive towards the plight of the farmers. Launching an attack on the BJP government LoP Arya said that after selling the public sector undertakings, forests and resources of the country to its industrialist friends, the Narendra Modi government disposed of banks and other financial institutions.

“Now the government has set its eyes on farming and the farmers. After affecting a hike in the prices of DAP, potash, fertilisers, diesel and pesticides the government is not able to declare the support price for the sugarcane,’’ he said. Arya added that by not declaring the support price for sugarcane the Dhami government is playing a cruel joke on the farmers.

 

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