Sangrur: Another farmer died, today, during the ongoing indefinite farmers’ protest near the private residence of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of the Indian Punjab in Sangrur city.
The farmer Karnail Singh died today due to suspected cardiac arrest. On October 17, a farmer, Gurcharan Singh, had died of snakebite. The indefinite protest has been going on since October 9.
Meanwhile, protesters have refused to cremate both the bodies till the acceptances of their demands for relief to the families of the deceased.
In addition to their long-pending demands from Punjab government and Indian Central government, after deaths of farmers, protesters are also demanding financial aid and government job for families of deceased and complete debt waiver.
For Punjab government, their demands include immediate release of financial aid to farmers who have suffered losses due to damage to cotton and other crops and special assessment of crops damaged recently, allotment of special budget for public water projects, closure of liquor factory near Zira for causing pollution, quick action to prevent pollution of various canals by industrialists of Ludhiana and other districts.
From the Union government, farmers are demanding action against all accused involved in Lakhmir Kheri incident and release of innocent farmers, government job to the families of deceased farmers and Rs 10 lakh financial aid to each family, MSP (Minimum Support Price) of 23 crops as per Swaminathan report and guarantee for the purchase of these crops, government jobs and financial aid to the families of deceased 700 farmers, who lost their lives during the farmers’ protest in New Delhi and withdrawal of cases. Web Desk
