Tobacco farmers, retailers protest over unfriendly policies

2016-05-06 0

Bengaluru, May 06 (ANI): Leaders of Federation of All India Farmer Associations, representing tobacco growers, and Karnataka State Beedi Cigarette Traders Association staged a protest demanding rollback of a rule mandating 85 percent pictorial warnings on tobacco products. They alleged that the policy was being implemented in an undemocratic manner. The protest march has been joined by hundred of farmers and retailers from Karnataka.