Overview

• Kisan Mazdoor Morcha led demonstrations across Punjab, with India Today reporting actions at 112 sites in 19 districts and effigies of the Union and state governments burned.
• Sarwan Singh Pandher demanded at least ₹70,000 per acre for paddy losses with 10% directed to farm labourers, plus full compensation for livestock losses and damaged houses.
• Protesters sought seeds, fertilisers and free diesel to support the wheat sowing season and asked for more time to clear sand and silt from flood-hit fields.
• Unions called for ₹200 per quintal (₹6,000 per acre) to manage crop residue and an end to FIRs, fines and red entries against farmers over stubble burning, warning of gheraos if action continues.
• Additional demands included removing a five-acre cap on relief, a judicial inquiry into dam water releases, and permanent embankments on vulnerable river stretches to reduce future flooding.