ThePunjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday urged the Chairman,Railway Board, Government of India (GoI), New Delhi to withdraw the casesregistered by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) against the members of Kissanorganizations.
Aspokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said that the Chief Minister hasimpressed upon the Chairman, Railway Board to take a sympathetic view of thematter and consider the withdrawal of cases against the members of variousfarmers' organizations.
Itmay be recalled that as part of the ongoing agitation against the farm lawsenacted by the GoI, the members of different farmers' organizations had stageddharnas on the railway tracks in Punjab during 2020 and 2021. Consequently, theRPF had registered as many as 30 cases against them.