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BATHINDA: Getting relief after long, the family of deceased farmer Jagseer Singh of Kotda Koda village got the appointment letter for his son as helper in Punjab education department along with an assurance to withdraw cases against farmers registered in 2019 for paddy stubble burning.
Activists of farm organisation BKU (Ekta Sidhupur) had been holding a protest for these demands for long.
Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s political secretary Capt Sandeep Sandhu, in the presence of union state president Jagjit Singh Dallewal, handed over the appointment letter in Bathinda on Friday evening and gave an assurance to withdraw cases registered for burning paddy stubble.