All the 247 Krishi Upaj mandis in Rajasthan remained closed on Monday in protest against the contentious farm Bills passed in the Parliament, while the workers of the ruling Congress staged demonstrations and submitted memorandums to the District Collectors. The farmers’ outfits extended support to a call for a ‘Bharat bandh’ on September 25.
A delegation led by Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasra submitted a memorandum addressed to Governor Kalraj Mishra in Jaipur. Mr. Dotasra said the farmers would become labourers with the passage of the Bills and big companies would take over their land and agricultural produce.
Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary and Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, who accompanied Mr. Dotasra, said the “anti-farmer Bills” had been brought in a hurry, and the farmers had been deprived of the bonus on minimum support…