Summary:
As a mark of protest, farmers have threatened to assemble outside Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s Moti Bagh palace in Patiala from Friday as part of their planned five-day protest. “You have to ensure there is proper barricading and proper implementation of Section 144 in the city,” observed the division bench. Several farmer unions have called for a five-day protest from Friday in Patiala city to pressure the Congress government to fulfill the poll promise of farm loan waiver. “Mr Nanda, we do not want Panchkula there… Otherwise, observations of the court will be very stringent,” the division bench observed while issuing notice to the state government. The state has also been asked to give the names of the farmer unions while circulating the public notice..