Shimla, Jan. 20 -- Farmers and orchardists from different parts of Himachal on Monday gherao the state secretariat and demanded immediate implementation of the Supreme Court's directions to frame a clear policy for regularisation and protection of farmers' land, and urging the state government to take up the issue of apple and other agricultural produce being kept out of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the Union government.

The farmers warned that if the state government failed to implement the SC's order and did not effectively take up their demands with the Centre, they would intensify their agitation and take the protest to Delhi in the coming days.

The CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, last week, had held meetings with Union finance mini...