JALANDHAR
Samyukt Kisan Morcha activists on Tuesday began an indefinite dharna on the Jalandhar-Phagwara stretch of the National Highway near Dhanowali village demanding a hike in Sugarcane Assured Price from Rs 380 to Rs 450 per quintal,
Leading the protest, Manjit Rai of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Doaba) said they had repeatedly made a request for enhancement of the SAP, but to no avail.
He said that we had postponed the dharna planned for November 8, and on government, assurance had canceled it. We are told that a meeting has been called by the Cane Commissioner on Wednesday, but we have not been invited. We are being told that a notification for a price hike will be released after the meeting but our dharna is indefinite and will go on till we get the price we are demanding.