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The Union Home Ministry on Saturday termed as distorted and misleading media reports linking its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 âbonded labourersâ rescued in the state to the farmers agitation and said no motive should be ascribed to a routine communication over law and order issues.
The ministry said a section of media has erroneously reported that the ministry has written the letter to Punjab levelling âgrave chargesâ against the farmers of the state.
âThese news reports are misleading and present a distorted and highly editorialised opinion of a simple observation about a socioeconomic problem emerging from four sensitive border districts of Punjab over a period of two years, which has been brought to the attention of this ministry by the concerned Central Armed Police Force,â the home ministry said in a statement.
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The Ministry said a section of media has erroneously reported that the ministry has written the letter to Punjab levelling “grave charges” against the farmers of the State.
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The Home ministry said the BSF has informed that these labourers were apprehended from the border areas of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Ferozepur and Abohar in Punjab in 2019 and 2020.
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The Ministry said a section of media has erroneously reported that the ministry has written the letter to Punjab levelling “grave charges” against the farmers of the State.
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