The Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) yet again took to streets on Friday and launched a padyatra from Raghunathpur in the city towards the Raj Bhavan to submit a memorandum to the Governor regarding its longstanding demands of "price, prestige and pension".
However, like the earlier agitation when the NKS activists were prevented from entering the State capital by the Commssionerate police, a huge posse of policemen stopped the agitating farmers at Nicco Park Square.
Later, the farmers sat on a dharna at the spot.
The NKS threatened to launch a noncooperation agitation from February 1, 2019 if the State Government does not fulfill their demands.
The NKS alleged that despite several Ministerial committee meetings to resolve farmers' issues, nothing has been done so far by the Government.
"Through the memorandum, we have given an ultimatum to the State Government and if they do not fulfill our demands before January 31, 2019, we would launch a non-cooperation agitation across the State from February 1," warned NKS convenor Akshaya Kumar, who had recently held a 13- day hunger strike demanding fulfillment of the farmers' demands.
Kumar also warned that if the State Government doesn't take steps to address their demands, it would meet the same fate like the BJP Governments in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh did in the recent Assembly elections in their States.