Activists of CPI (ML-New Democracy) and its farmers’ wing AIKMS staged a demonstration in front of the Agriculture Market Yard here on Friday to press for their charter of demands, including increase in minimum support price for cotton from Rs. 4,100 to Rs. 8,800 per quintal.
Mild commotion prevailed at the market yard when the agitators tried to break through the locked entrance gate in a bid to enter into the procurement centre of the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) on the premises of the yard.
The police prevented the protesters from entering into the market yard premises.
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The agitators led by CPI (ML-ND) district secretary P. Ranga Rao and AIKMS State secretary K. Rangaiah staged a sit-in.
They continued their stir until the market yard officials came out to address their issues. The protesters submitted a memorandum to the officials.
Their other demands include enhancement of MSP for paddy and maize, relaxation of norms pertaining to moisture content in cotton, one-time settlement of farm loan waiver and two years of moratorium on private loans of farmers.
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