Farmers Protest Against Fuel Price Rise, Demand Rates Be Halved

Protest Against Fuel Price Hike: Today, farmers protested for two hours against the high fuel prices. We want them to be halved immediately. Protestors brought their motorcycles, cars, tractors and other vehicles and held sit-in protests, said farmer leader Lakhbir Singh.

Farmers agitating against the new agriculture laws on Thursday came together to raise their voices against the recent price hike of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and cooking oil, demanding that the rates be halved with immediate effect. Called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the two-hour-long protest from 10 am to 12 noon, saw farmers in different parts of the country gather on the sides of national and state highways along with their vehicles, in an attempt to draw the government's attention towards their plight following the fuel and cooking gas price hike. Today, farmers protested for two hours against the high fuel prices. We want them to be halved immediately. Protestors brought their motorcycles, cars, tractors and other vehicles and held sit-in protests, said farmer leader Lakhbir Singh. He added that the demonstrations were held peacefully.