Punjab farmers hold statewide protests, demand msp guarantee, fuel price cut
Hoshiarpur/Ludhiana: Farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha staged statewide protests in Punjab over fuel price hikes and pending agrarian demands.
According to Kashmir Media Service, SKM-affiliated bodies including Bharti Kisan Union (Lakhowal) held demonstrations outside district administrative complexes and submitted a memorandum to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann. T
he memorandum sought a legal guarantee of minimum support price for all crops as per Swaminathan Commission recommendations and implementation of MSP based on C2 plus 50% formula. Farmers also demanded withdrawal of the BBMB notification depriving Punjab of permanent representation, reduction in diesel, petrol and LPG prices, adequate fertilizers, rollback of urea price hike, and restoration of crop loan limits.
Protesters in Ludhiana raised slogans against both the central and state governments, criticizing farm policies and calling for debt relief, compensation for crop losses, withdrawal of Electricity Amendment Bill 2025 and Seed Bill 2025, and reopening of trade routes via Attari-Wagah and Hussainiwala borders.
