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Hundreds of farmers stage dharna in front of residence of Minister in Punjab

Hoshiarpur, Jul 21 (UNI) Hundreds of farmers, led by Kuldeep Singh, District President, Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee, staged dharna in front of the residence of Mr Som Parkash, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry here on Tuesday in protest against three ordinances introduced by the Central Government and the fuel price hike.
Addressing the occasion, all the speakers including their President Kuldeep Singh, General Secretary Kashmir Singh and Stage Secretary Gurpreet Singh Khanpuri said that they strongly oppose three ordinances - The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance 2020, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020 and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 and fuel price hike.
''Every farmer was facing losses. The government was helping corporate firms to do business in Mandis and they were protesting against that. The way the centre was discontinuing the Minimum Support Price, farmers would face huge losses,'' they claimed.
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