India, Oct. 7 -- Various farmer unions under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) organised statewide protests across 112 locations in 19 districts, including Amritsar, Jalandhar, and Sangrur, against both the central and Punjab governments for taking action against farmers for stubble burning and the delay in flood compensation.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU-Ekta Azad), BKU (Krantikari), BKU (Doaba), Kisan Mazdoor Hitkari Sabha, Bharatiya Kisan Mazdoor Union, and BKU (Bhateri) also participated in the stir.

The activists lashed out at the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government for taking action against farmers for stubble burning, and burnt effigies of the central and Punjab governments.

Till October 6, the state has reported 9...