Chief minister Bhagwant Mann slammed the BJP-led Union government for not releasing the Punjab’s share of the rural development fund (RDF) thus affecting development of rural areas in the state
Various farmer unions, including Bharatiya Kisan Union (Azad), Pagri Sambhal Lehar, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), Doaba Kisan Welfare Committee and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, had given a call to block the highway after serving several ultimatums to the state government, said farmer leader Satnam Singh Baghria.
Later, Karnal farmers ended the protest after handing over a memorandum to the managing director of the sugar mill Dr Pooja Bharti. The MD had assured them that the payments would be disbursed at the earliest to the remaining farmers.