The government has accepted the demands of the farmers sitting on dharna in Sangrur. After accepting the demands, the Bharatiya Kisan Union Ugrahan has announced to end the sit-in on October 29. The farmers were sitting outside the CM residence in Sangrur for their demands.
The union had warned of taking strict action if the demands were not accepted, after which the Punjab government came into action. Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal held a meeting with five prominent leaders including union president Joginder Singh Ugrahan at Circuit House in Patiala on Friday. Senior farmer leaders Jagtar Singh Kalajhar, Jhanda Singh Jhethuke, Shingara Singh and Roop Singh Channa, apart from DC and IG, other officials were also present in the meeting.
After the meeting, Joginder Singh Ugrahan said that the Punjab government has accepted all the demands of the farmers in writing. After this, on October 29, he announced the end of the indefinite sit-in that had been going on for about 20 days. The farmers had been appealing to the Punjab government to implement their demands in the month of September, but when the demands were not implemented, the farmers staged an indefinite dharna on the Sangrur-Patiala main road in front of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence at Sangrur. The protest started 20 days ago.
Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that a detailed discussion was held with the farmer leaders and all the demands of the farmers were accepted. Therefore, the dharna being given by farmers’ organizations in front of Chief Minister Niwas Sagrur on October 29 will be lifted.
Joginder Singh Ugrahan, head of Bhakiu Ugrahan, said that he had a meeting with CM Bhagwant Mann recently. In this, the Chief Minister accepted the demands of the farmers. Today Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and other officials accepted the demands of the farmers in writing in the meeting today and now the dharna will be called off.
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