Paddy farmers, supported by Congress activists, on Wednesday burnt the effigy of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for alleged tardy paddy procurement by Government agencies and lower prices of basmati crop.
The protesters also staged sit-in outside the main gate of grain market on Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road and raised anti-Government slogans.
Addressing them, Punjab Congress general secretary and former Punjab Minister Joginder Singh Mann alleged that farmers were being given lower prices for basmati crop.
“Basmati crop is selling at just `2,000-`2,500 per quintal while during Congress regime it was fetching `4,500-6,000 per quintal,” he claimed.