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Chief Minister Bhagwant Hon will hold a meeting with farmers tomorrow

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The farmers had started a struggle in Punjab for making a pro-farmer-labour policy and other demands.(Photo: Facebook/Bhagwant Mann)

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will hold a meeting with farmers tomorrow. This information was given by Bharti Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan and Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union leader Joginder Singh Ugrahan, under whose leadership the farmers' protest is going on in Chandigarh.

The farmers had started a struggle in Punjab for making a pro-farmer-labour policy and other demands. Recently, the Agriculture Minister of the state, Gurmeet Singh Khudian, reached the farmers and took their demand letter and said that he will advocate for the farmers before the Chief Minister.

On the other hand, CM Mann Bhagwant Mann has said that the agricultural policy of the state has been made, it will be implemented after consultation with the farmers.

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