Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday called on Union Home Minister Amt Shah in Delhi and discussed various issues including demands of farmers and border area security in the state.
“Discussed demands of farmers, representation of Punjab in Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), stopping drones on border, MSP on Basmati…border areas and security in Punjab,” the Chief Minister tweeted.
He also stated that the Union Home Minister assured him to look into all demands.
Ten additional companies of central security forces are likely to be provided by the Centre.
“Several other matters, including the Basmati crop and Punjab quota issue and Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), were also discussed,” the Chief Minister said.
Importantly, Mann’s meeting with the Union Home Minister comes a day after the farmers of Punjab ended their protest at the Chandigarh-Mohali border after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government accepted several of their demands.
This came after the representatives of farmer bodies held a marathon meeting with the Punjab Chief Minister in Chandigarh.
Mann has also told the farmer leaders that his government has already issued a notification to procure the entire moong (green gram) crop at a minimum support price of Rs 7,275 per quintal.
The state government had asked the farmers not to go for paddy transplantation till June 18.
The Chief Minister had on Tuesday called the agitation by the farmers as unwarranted.
Mann said his doors are open for talks with the farmers but stirs cannot break his resolve to check further depletion of groundwater in the key northern state.
