Farm workers seek power bill waiver
On a call given by rural and agriculture workers’ organisations, thousands staged dharnas outsides residences of ruling Congress ministers and lawmakers at 17 places for remission of electricity bills and loans and repeal of amendments made in labour and agricultural laws.
In a statement issued by the joint front, Lachhman Singh Sewewala, general secretary, Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, said demand charters were given to several ministers and legislators. Demonstrations at different places were addressed by Zora Singh Nasrali, president of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union; Gurnam Singh Daud, general secretary, Dehati Mazdoor Sabha; and Avtar Singh, state general secretary, Pendu Mazdoor Union, among others.
