Ferozepur, November 20, 2017: Today, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Lok Insaf Party (LIP) today staged protest, led by Jasbir Singh Bhullar and Manpreet Kaur Kot Karor, in a novel way in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur in support of farmers by distributing free potatoes to the people for falling prices.
The leaders said, the farmer of Punjab is debt-ridden and committing suicides. Neither the Centre nor the Punjab government is paying any heed towards the demands of the farmers.
Manpreet Kaur said, they were doing the protest against the falling prices of potatoes in the market and threatened to step up their protest in a big way if the government does not address their problem.
She said, the farmers have to pay the rent for the potatoes stored in the cold stores in advance and facing huge losses on this product. Rather, the traders are selling the potatoes at the lesser rates in the cities.
The leaders said, both the Punjab and Centre government should give the genuine price of the produce of the farmers to make the farmers' loan free and prosperous.
They also demanded from the government to waive off the loan of the farmers and reduce the rates and taxes on the agriculture inputs.
The government should plan to export the product of the farmers, they added.