Punjab AAP chief holds meetings to bolster stir
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Party plans kisan rally on March 21
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Party plans kisan rally on March 21
Punjab AAP chief Bhagwant Mann on Saturday held three public meetings in Mansa district to garner support for the party’s ‘Kisan Mahasammelan’ on March 21 aimed at strengthening the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s new agri laws.
Mr. Mann, the Aam Aadmi Party’s Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur, said Delhi Chief Minister and the party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will come to Punjab for the event.
During his meetings at Ulakh, Makha and Kharak Singh Wala villages, Mr. Mann appealed to the people to attend the event at Baghapurana in Moga district in large numbers to show the nation that the farmers’ agitation is still strong.
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The meeting of the Ahrityas executive body at Baghapurana constituency in Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday.
AFTER INCOME Tax officials served notices to 14 top arhtiyas, or commission agents, in Punjab and conducted searches at premises linked to six of them over the last two days, a key umbrella group Sunday announced the closure of all mandis in the state from December 22 to 25 as a mark of protest against the action.