Members of Hindu outfit booked for heckling farmers’ leader

An argument broke out between farmers’ leader P. Ayyakannu and members of a Hindu organisation when the former had come to the Collector’s office to submit a petition on Monday.

According to the police, members of the Hindu Sakthi Sena entered into an heated argument with Mr. Ayyakannu saying he was criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Following this, the police attached to Sathuvachari station registered a case against three members of the Hindu organisation.

Mr. Ayyakannu, who heads the National-South Indian Rivers Inter-Linking Farmers Association, submitted a petition to Collector S.A. Raman. In the petition, he said the Centre should waive all loans for farmers. Steps should be taken to build check dams across rivers and dredge water bodies.

Pension sought

The association wanted a monthly pension of ₹5,000 to be granted to farmers aged above 60. Flood water from Thenpennai should be diverted to Palar. The association demanded that action should be taken on the administration of the cooperative sugar mills at Ambur, Tirupattur and Thiruvalam for failing to grant the price fixed by the Centre for the last five months. The arrears should be settled immediately, it said.