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Punjab farmers end protest, Min Dhaliwal says consensus reached on demands

Dallewal told reporters that the farmers' protests, which had been going on at six regions in Punjab, would be lifted with immediate effect

Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

Press Trust of India Chandigarh

Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur) chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who had been on a fast unto death for six days to press for the farmers' demands, broke his fast on Thursday after Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal announced that consensus had been reached on various demands following marathon talks.

Dhaliwal offered juice to Dallewal at the protest site in Faridkot as he broke his fast.

Dallewal told reporters that the farmers' protests, which had been going on at six regions in Punjab, would be lifted with immediate effect.

Dhaliwal, while commenting on the demand for Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's apology over his remarks on the farmers' protests, said there was some miscommunication as the AAP government always stood for their welfare.

 

However, he said "we express regret" if any of Mann's words had hurt the farmers' sentiments.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Nov 25 2022 | 8:11 AM IST

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