The Kisan Board Pakistan, Punjab Chapter President Khurshid Ahmed Kanju has announced a strong protest demonstration across the Punjab against the increase in fertiliser, diesel and electricity prices on August 7.
According to a press release, the decision was taken during a meeting of the Kisan Board Pakistan held here on Wednesday. Kanju said that the fertiliser dealers and stockist are collecting million of rupees from helpless farmers by selling fertilisers at high rates and that the government has failed to provide any relief to the farmers.
He further said that the fertilisers are not being provided to the farmers at subsidised rates. The Kisan Board leader also complained that the government had further increased the diesel price in the country while 200 billion litre of diesel are consumed by the agricultural sector. Under such circumstances, he said, the farmers have decided to stage protest throughout the province on August 7 and they farmers would also demonstrate in Lahore on August 21.