India News: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni held a symbolic protest for two hours by blocking several roads in districts of Haryana on Thursday, in protest against death of young farmer Shubhkaran Singh at Khanauri border and government’s use of excessive force against protesting farmers.
Scheduled to resume on Wednesday, the 'Dilli Chalo' march is part of the farmer groups' demand for the expansion of the minimum support price (MSP) regime, to include crops like oilseeds and bajra. This demand follows the government's proposal offering MSP guarantees on pulses, maize, and cotton
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The announcement by farmer leaders came hours after the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organisation of farmer unions which is not part of the current protests, also criticised the MSP proposal
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said that the government's proposal will only benefit farmers who rotate from rice grains to pulses. Read further to know why crop growing needs to diversify in Punjab