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Charanjit Singh Channi

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi urges Railways to withdraw cases against farmers

| @indiablooms | Oct 02, 2021, at 11:33 pm

Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday urged the Chairman, Railway Board to withdraw the cases registered by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) against the members of Kissan organizations.

A spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said that Channi has impressed upon the Chairman, Railway Board to take a sympathetic view of the matter and consider the withdrawal of cases against the members of various farmers' organizations.

It may be recalled that as part of the ongoing agitation against the farm laws enacted by the central government the members of different farmers' organizations had staged dharnas on the railway tracks in Punjab during 2020 and 2021.

Consequently, the RPF had registered as many as 30 cases against them.

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