Ludhiana, Dec. 19 -- Escalating their agitation against the proposed privatisation of the power sector and the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, farmers under the banner of the Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Union (Punjab) staged a sit-in protest outside the deputy commissioner's office here on Thursday.

The protest was organised at the call of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and supported by the Dashmesh Kisan Mazdoor Union as part of a two-day statewide agitation being held on December 18 and 19 outside DC offices across Punjab. During the demonstration, farmers also protested against what they described as the state government's failure to fulfil promises made to the farming community and the alleged curbing of farmers' democratic righ...