Uproar in Uttarakhand assembly over delay in clearing cane dues

Dehradun | Thursday | 14th February, 2019

Summary:

Thereafter, the speaker asked to resume with the House proceedings. “For the payment of pending dues to farmers, we are providing loans on low interest and it will benefit 72,000 farmers across the state. DEHRADUN: Pandemonium prevailed in the Uttarakhand assembly on Wednesday as Congress MLAs repeatedly interrupted the proceedings by entering the well of the House and raising slogans against the BJP government for the delay in payment of dues of sugarcane farmers. The issue annoyed three BJP legislators of Haridwar — Sanjay Gupta , Pranav Singh Champion and Deshraj Karnwal — as their constituencies have good number of sugarcane farmers. Farmers are facing a tough time in the state and country but nothing is being done for them..