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Centre Proposes Meeting With Protesting Farmers In Chandigarh

Union government official and Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculturꦇe and Farmers Welfare, Priya Ranjan went to Khanauri border on Saturday and met senior farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and revealed the proposal for a meeting.

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Jagjit Singh Dallewal hunder strike Photo: PTI
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The Centre has proposed a meeting with the protesting farme🌼rs in Chandigarh and it is being examined by the farmer leaders currently. Union government official and Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Priya Ranjan went to Khanauri border on Saturday and met senior farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and revealed the proposal for a meeting, according to .

The meeting proposal comes after the farmers camped for 11 months at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders in Haryana and made several attempts to reach Delhi inꩵ order to the Centre to listen to their demands.

The protesting farmers are asking for legal guarantee of minimum support price from the Centre among other de🐟mands. 111 farmers at Khanauri border are also fasting since January 15 in solidarity with Jagjit Singh Dallewal who has been fasting for nearly 60 days despite deteriorating health cౠonditions.

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