<p>Punjab farmers' body announced a three-day 'rail-roko' agitation starting today against the Centre's Farm Bills that were passed in the monsoon session Parliament this week.</p>.<p>A total of 31 farmers' bodies in Punjab joined hands to make the September 25 “bandh” against the agriculture-related Bills introduced in Parliament by the Centre a success.</p>.<p>"We have decided to hold a rail roko agitation from September 24 to 26 against the three agriculture ordinances," Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee General Secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher had said, as per multiple media reports.</p>.<p>The three legislations -- Farmers' Produce Trade And Commerce (Promotion And Facilitation) Bill; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill; and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill -- were passed by the Parliament recently and are set to become laws after the President's nod.</p>.<p>Farmers have expressed apprehension that the three Bills will pave a way for dismantling the minimum support price system, leaving them at the “mercy” of big corporates.</p>.<p><em>(With agency inputs)</em></p>
<p>Punjab farmers' body announced a three-day 'rail-roko' agitation starting today against the Centre's Farm Bills that were passed in the monsoon session Parliament this week.</p>.<p>A total of 31 farmers' bodies in Punjab joined hands to make the September 25 “bandh” against the agriculture-related Bills introduced in Parliament by the Centre a success.</p>.<p>"We have decided to hold a rail roko agitation from September 24 to 26 against the three agriculture ordinances," Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee General Secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher had said, as per multiple media reports.</p>.<p>The three legislations -- Farmers' Produce Trade And Commerce (Promotion And Facilitation) Bill; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill; and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill -- were passed by the Parliament recently and are set to become laws after the President's nod.</p>.<p>Farmers have expressed apprehension that the three Bills will pave a way for dismantling the minimum support price system, leaving them at the “mercy” of big corporates.</p>.<p><em>(With agency inputs)</em></p>