Summary:
“We are not beggars and we do not want charity of Rs 6,000 as announced in the Interim Budget. All we want is remunerative prices for our crops,” said Ram Avatar Singh, BKU state secretary. BIJNOR: Farmers under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) have called a state-wide protest on February 14 against the central government's Interim Budget, demanding fair and remunerative prices for their produce. Farmers have been camping at Chandpur tahsil and have laid siege around the house of Chandpur MLA Kamlesh Saini demanding immediate payment of sugarcane dues. We want to ask the government what it did to increase farmers' income..