Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann calls farmers’ protests ‘unwarranted, undesirable’

As the farmers agitation near the ChandigarhMohali border continued over various demands including a bonus on wheat Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann called the protest unwarranted and undesirableFarmers from Punjab who were stopped from heading to the states capital to raise various demands including a bonus on wheat with the Aam Aadmi Party AAP government sat on a protest near the ChandigarhMohali border on May 17 However the Chief Minister said that he will fix all farmers issues and is ready to meet themIts their right to protest murdabadmurdabad doesnt seem nice Ill make everything right but that doesnt mean that after 2 months you start thinking murdabad slogans havent been raised lets go to Chandigarh said Mann on farmers protest in Punjab on May 17 The Punjab Chief Minister on Tuesday asked the farmers to stop mere sloganeering and join hands with the state government for checking the depleting water table in PunjabI am ready to meet them farmers but Murdabad sloganeering is not the way I myself am a farmers son When I am saying basmati and moong dal will be on MSPAt least put in efforts Not everything can be Murdabad he addedMeanwhile the farmers said that we will stay here and register their protest till Bhagwant Mann fulfill their demands We will stay here and register their protest until our demands are not fulfilled Till then we will eat drink and sleep here We will bring all our belongings with us we will do this like Delhi said a farmer In a statement issued by the Chief Ministers Office Mann categorically said that a staggered program for sowing of paddy wont harm the interests of the farmers but it can act as a catalyst to save the water table in the stateBhagwant Mann said that he was acting as per the path shown by the great gurus and no one can stop him from that He unequivocally said that his doors are open for talks with the farmers but hollow slogans cant broke his firm resolve to check the further depletion of water table I am the son of a farmer and I know it well what was requirements of the farmers I am fully aware of the difference between June 10 and June 18 he saidHowever Bhagwant Mann said that he doesnt owe any patent for water and air but even he owes a larger responsibility towards saving these natural precious resources He said that instead of staging protests the farmers should come forward and support the state government for this noble cause aimed at betterment of Punjab and PunjabisI had already announced purchasing the Basmati and Moongi crop on MSP adding that the state government was also incentivising the farmers adopting direct sowing said the Chief Minister The Chief Minister asked the farmers to support him for a year and said that if the farmers suffer any loss during this period then the state government will fully compensate them He asked the agitating farmers unions to tell that whether he was wrong because he is thinking about saving the water and checking environmental pollution in the stateMann also asked the agitating unions that why they were mum when a bus of school children met an accident due to straw burning at Batala or when two small children died due to fire The Chief Minister said that it is the high time that all of us should make concerted efforts for saving Punjab instead of indulging in such tantrums Bhagwant Mann said that he had been raising the issue of farmers in Lok Sabha and now also he is duty bound to secure their interests However he said that Farmers should also realise the gravity of situation and support the state governmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever