Mediator Mann urges farmers to find solution
On Thursday, as the farm leaders arrived for a third round of talks with the Union ministers in Chandigarh, Mann told the former: "I am your advocate”.
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Three Union ministers — Food and Civil Supplies Minister Piyush Goyal, Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda and Minister of State Nityanand Rai — held a closed door meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann at a hotel in Chandigarh. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab had promptly showcased Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as the bridge between the farmers and the Centre after he mediated and arranged a meeting between farmer leaders and three Union ministers, a day before the agriculturists were to launch their Dilli Chalo march.
On Thursday, as the farm leaders arrived for a third round of talks with the Union ministers in Chandigarh, Mann told the former: “I am your advocate”. In the same breath, he informed them that he will be part of the meeting as custodian of the people of his Punjab, to ensure that nobody suffered due to the farmers’ protest.
Sarvan Singh Pandher, the general secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, and Jagjit Singh Dallewal of Bharti Kisan Union (Sidhupur) met Mann before meeting Food and Civil Supplies Minister Piyush Goyal, Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda, and MoS (Home) Nityanand Rai.
Mann asked farmers to be positive, and take part in the meeting with an open mind to work out solutions rather than insisting on the protest. “He said he did not want to see the youth suffering pellet injuries, or losing limbs or lives. He also mentioned that wisdom was in looking for a resolution, especially when the LS polls were around the corner, and the code of conduct could be annouced any moment,” said a source.
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