Haryana farmers announce statewide protests, demand sugarcane price of Rs 600 per quintal
Haryana’s All-India Kisan Sabha announced statewide protests demanding sugarcane prices of ₹600 per quintal, rejecting the government’s revised rates of ₹430 for 2026-27 and ₹450 for 2027-28. Farmers will hold a panchayat on November 23 and demonstrate outside the Chief Minister’s residence on December 2.
Rohtak: The All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) from Haryana has announced a statewide agitation for hike in sugarcane prices and the fulfilment of other pending demands. The organisation will hold a farmers’ panchayat at Bhali Sugar Mill in Rohtak district on November 23, followed by a protest outside the Chief Minister’s residence in Kurukshetra on December 2. It will also launch village-level campaigns to mobilise farmers for the agitation, The Tribune reported.
The decision was announced at a press conference on Tuesday following a meeting of the organisation’s office-bearers. The Kisan Sabha said sugarcane growers across Haryana were demanding a price of Rs 600 per quintal, arguing that the rates announced by the state government were insufficient to cover rising cultivation costs.
The state government has announced an increase of Rs 35 per quintal over the next two crushing seasons, fixing the sugarcane price at Rs 430 per quintal for 2026-27 and Rs 450 per quintal for 2027-28. The AIKS termed the increase a “cruel joke” on farmers, stating that the revised rates fell considerably short of their expectations.
AIKS national vice-president Inderjit Singh said the government’s failure to provide adequate compensation for rising agricultural input costs had forced the organisation to launch the agitation. He alleged that government policies were further affecting the agricultural sector instead of addressing farmers’ concerns. AIKS Rohtak district president Sunil Malik and secretary Sumit Dalal were also present at the press conference.
Farmers to march towards Tikri border
The organisation also announced its participation in nationwide demonstrations on November 26, following a call by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), to mark six years of the farmers’ movement on the borders of Delhi.
In Haryana, farmers will assemble at Bahadurgarh and march towards the Tikri border as part of the programme, Singh said.
He pointed out that several assurances made to farmers during the agitation remained unfulfilled. These included a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Bill and Seed Bill, and debt relief for farmers and agricultural workers.
Seeks pending crop-loss compensation
Highlighting local issues in Rohtak district, the Kisan Sabha said a delegation would meet the Deputy Commissioner on November 18. The delegation will seek the release of pending compensation for crop losses and resolution of issues concerning solar-powered tubewells.
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