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Punjab CM Meets PM Modi, Urges ‘Immediate Steps To Revoke Farm Laws’

The Punjab Chief Minister also requested Prime Minister Modi to amend the relevant law to provide free legal services to the farmers.

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Wednesday and urged him to initiate immediate steps to revoke the farm laws, which have triggered resentment among the farmers.

The Punjab Chief Minister also requested Prime Minister Modi to amend the relevant law to provide free legal services to the farmers.

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“In my meeting with Prime Minister @narendramodi Ji today, have urged upon him for initiating immediate steps to revoke Farm Laws which have triggered resentment amongst farmers. Have also requested him to amend the relevant law to provide free legal services to farmers,” he tweeted after the meeting.

The meeting came a day after the Punjab Chief Minister met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and urged him to repeal the farm laws and break the deadlock.

The farmers mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been camping at Delhi borders since November last year, demanding that the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, be rolled back and a new law made to guarantee minimum support price for crops.

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Several rounds of talks between the farmers and the government have failed to break the deadlock.

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