Farmer provides rented land for PM's rally free of cost

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Press Trust of India Saharanpur
Last Updated : May 23 2016 | 10:42 PM IST
A farmer here has provided his eight bigha rented land for Prime Minister's rally, slated for May 26, after removing his standing sugarcane crop and also refused to take compensation.
MP from Saharanpur, Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma said a stage and a pandal is being set up on 265 bigha land at Delhi road area here for the Prime Minister's rally.
Raees Ahmed's rented land on which he is cultivating sugarcane was falling in the area earmarked for the rally. Ahmed on his own provided his land for the programme and even refused to take compensation for his crop, he said.
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First Published: May 23 2016 | 10:42 PM IST

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