Patiala : Following the unfulfilled promises made by the Centre, farmer organisations have threatened to stage a national-level dharna in New Delhi on March 9. Chairman of the Punjab Mandi Board, Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, warned the Congress that the dharna would continue for many days. Claiming that the Centre was biased against the farmers, Lakhowal said instead of fixing the rates of crops as per the current Sensex, the government took political decisions. “The farmers feed the nation but when it comes to see welfare of the farmers, the Centre considers politics for decision making,” he alleged. Lakhowal has appealed to accept the Swaminathan report, 2006, on the agriculture industry of the country. He said farmer unions across the country were perturbed and would stage dharnas if the government continued to ignore their plight. “We do not want to stage dharnas in Delhi as farmers are busy. We will be left with no option if the government fails to prioritise our demands,”he said. Drawing comparisons, Lakhowal said while the Uttar Pradesh Mandi Board had constructed 14,000 km roads, the Punjab Mandi Board had laid over 54,000 km road connectivity to provide better facilities to farmers.
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