Summary:
Notably, the members have been seeking the arrest of commission agents, who were booked on the charge of abetment to suicide in connection with the death of Manjit Singh, a farmer from Bhucho Khurd. Exhorting them to participate in the statewide protest rally on July 26, they held meetings with farmers of Mehma Sarja, Nihal Singhwala, Mehma Sarkari, Deon and Jhumba villages. Notably, the farmers had observed an indefinite protest outside the Cantonment police station in the city last month demanding action against the commission agents. Shingara Singh Mann, a farmers’ leader, said, “We have been holding meetings at different villages to mobilise the support for the state-wide protest rally on July 26. Manjeet had sold off his land for Rs45 lakh, of which he had kept Rs20 lakh with these commission agents..