Chandigarh, Dec 10: Farmers in Punjab today decided to throw potatoes on roads in Jalandhar on December 15 to protest the fall in the crop’s price to as low as Rs 1 per kg and the insensitive attitude of the state towards them.
“We have decided to start our agitation on December 15, and have asked all potato growers in Punjab to bring their crop to Jalandhar to throw them on road to protest the insensitive attitude of state government towards our problems,” Jalandhar Potato Growers’ Association President J S Sangha said.
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