‘Farmers to observe Bharat bandh on Mon’

Lucknow: To press for withdrawal of three farm laws and fixing minimum support price for farm produce, various organisations of farmers, including the Kisan Morcha and the All-India Kisan Sangharsh Samanvya Samiti, will hold Bharat bandh on September 27.
Giving this information to reporters here on Friday, All-India Kisan Sabha general secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said that 15 states, including Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala, Andhra, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, MP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Assam and Manipur, are expected to observe a complete bandh in support of demands.
Farmers would raise issues facing the common man such as rising prices, unemployment, falling growth rate and the woman’s safety during protest, Anjaan said, adding that the bandh would have full support of workers, trade unions, student and women organisations and small businesses.