SAS Nagar, November 20 - In the series of sit-ins against the government by 18 farmers' organizations of North India under the leadership of the United Kisan Morcha, today the state press secretary of the union Meher Singh Thedi and the district president Ravinder Singh Dehkalan from Kisan Union Sidhupur. A dharna was held in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office and demanded from the Punjab government that the farmers, who are called Annadata, should not be made anti-social by imposing fines and various other punishments on them, but their Understand the compulsion.

In this regard, the union leaders also gave a demand letter to the Deputy Commissioner Mrs. Ashika Jain. It has been said in the demand letter that the government should stop the action against the farmers in the cases of stubble burning. It has been said in the letter that the balers given by the government for the management of stubble and the machinery given to the farmers on subsidy are also very less for the management of stubble and the government itself is well aware of this. The letter states that according to the judgment of the Green Tribunal and the Hon'ble Court, the government does not provide Rs 100 per quintal bonus or stubble management compensation or any financial assistance to the farmers.

Farmer leaders said that majority of Punjab are small farmers and small farmers have small tractors. These farmers can neither buy nor operate large stubble management machines. They can only hire it while the government only helps on the cost of the machinery.

He said that small farmers cannot afford such expenses. Apart from this, despite depositing money with the government to buy this machinery by the cooperative societies, the machinery was not provided to them. He said that due to the floods, the land of the farmers was also destroyed and in the Derabsi Lalru area of Mohali district, the land along with the crops of many villages were washed away and the farmers were completely ruined. The leaders said that the government was saying that it would give compensation for dead chickens and goats, but the farmers are getting compensation for only five acres at the rate of Rs 6800 per acre. At least the owners of parched lands who cannot even grow wheat crops should be given more compensation so that the farmers can rebuild their lives and improve the land.

The demand letter has said that when the government itself has failed in its efforts, why are the farmers being harassed. In the letter, it has been demanded that the leaflets, fines and red entries made on the farmers should be returned. It has been said in the letter that despite knowing all this, if the government does not stop harassing the farmers, the United Kisan Morcha, Kisan Union Sidhupur and 18 Kisan Unions of North India will be forced to struggle against the government, which is the responsibility of the government. will be

On this occasion, Bahadur Singh Niyamian, Haqiqat Singh Gharun, Jaswinder Singh Tiwana, Ranjit Singh Basian, Tarlochan Singh Nandyali, Kuldeep Singh District President Kisan Jawan Welfare Union and a large number of farmers were present.