Summary:
Our CorrespondentTarn Taran, November 1Members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Punjab, expressing resentment against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narender Modi in several villages in the district today. Under the RCEP, free trade agreement between 10 member countries of the ASEAN and six partners has been proposed. The protesters feared that tax exemption to foreigners in milk product trade would harm Indian farmers. They said the farmers were already facing financial crisis..