Leader of opposition and Indian National Lok Dal’s senior leader Abhay Singh Chautala alongwith party leaders on Monday met Chief Minister Manohar Lal to raise issues related to the farmers.
The INLD delegation which included party State president Ashok Arora, BSP State president Prakash Bharti, INLD MLAs and other senior leaders also submitted a memorandum of demands to the Chief Minister at the meeting held at Haryana Niwas here.
During the meeting, INLD leaders demanded compensation for the affected farmers, special girdwari exercise to assess crop damage and clearing of outstanding dues of sugarcane farmers.
The party delegation also raised the issue of ongoing roadways employees’ unions strike in the state and urged the government to resolve the problems of the employees.
After the meeting, Abhay Chautala while talking to the mediapersons said that we have demanded that a special girdawari be announced immediately to assess the loss to the farmers due to damage to crops. Heavy rains had lashed the state between September 22-14 and then on October 11 causing damage to the crops, he said.
He also said that the Chief Minister has assured us to constitute a committee to look into our demands.
“We have demanded a special girdawari (crop loss assessment exercise) and compensation at the rate of Rs 25000 per acre for affected farmers in the state. Apart from this, adequate number of pumps be arranged for draining out water from the fields immediately so that Rabi sowing is not affected,” he said
Earlier on October 3, Chautala had written to Chief Minister to raise the same demands.