MLA sits alone on dharna over farmers’ issue
The Hindu
B.R. Patil, MLA of Aland, sat on a one-man dharna in front Mahatma Gandhi statue on the Vidhana Soudha premises in Bengaluru on Saturday
B.R. Patil, MLA of Aland, sat on a one-man dharna in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the Vidhana Soudha premises in Bengaluru on Saturday, demanding the implementation of minimum support price to farmers through a law.
With the dharna, Mr. Patil was also showing solidarity with Jagjit Singh Dallewal, farmers’ leader who has been fasting for over a one month in support of farmers’ issues near the Punjab-New Delhi border.

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