Apple growers protest across Himachal Pradesh

SHIMLA: Having got no response to their pending demands from the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, farmers under the banner of Sanyukt

Kisan Manch

held protest demonstrations across the hill state on Monday. Submitting a three-point charter of demands to the government, protesting farmers have warned of intensifying their agitation if timely steps were not taken by the government to resolve their grievances.


The manch has decided that if the government does not implement the demands , it will join other organisations in the state to hold a state-wide demonstration on September 27. The manch said it would hold more protests till the government would not implement its demands.

During the protest demonstrations, a demand letter was also submitted to the government through memorandum. The demands included implementation of minimum support price (

MSP

) for all crops; implementation of market intervention scheme (MIS) on the lines of Kashmir; and under

MIS

for apple, fixing of Rs 60, Rs 44 and Rs 24 per kg support price for apples of A, B and C grade, respectively.