Changing her stand on the issue of compensation to the farmers of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has agreed to meet them.
The state government on Wednesday invited the farmers of Bhatta Parsaul to Lucknow for a meeting on Thursday in order to resolve issues that led to their agitation last month.
State's Agriculture Minister Laxmi Narayan had visited Bhatta Parsaul on Sunday and assured the farmers, who have been agitating for more compensation for their acquired land, that their demands would be heard in Lucknow.
However, in the wake of the farmers-police clash which claimed several lives, the protesters have been scared of visiting the capital fearing they might be arrested. But the state government has assured them that they would not be arrested and the chief minister would meet them at her residence.
Sympathising with the farmers, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had visited the affected villages along with some other senior leaders. Even party president Sonia Gandhi had supported the young MP's move and launched a direct attack on the BSP government terming it of adopting anti-farmers attitude.
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