Bharatiya Kisan Sangh call off agitation

Sriganganagar, Sep 30 (UNI) The agitating farmers, under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh for payment of their dues of mustard procured by the government on Support Price, today called off their agitation following an appeal by area MP and film star Dharmendra.

Addressing the farmers here, Dharmendra said he had taken up the matter with the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.

He said he also wrote to the Prime Minister on the farmers demand. He gave an assurance that the famrers would get their outstanding dues within two weeks and asked them to return to the farms.

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