“There are 20 families of farm labourers who will sleep hungry in our village tonight,” said Tarsem Singh of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union from Khunde Halal village in Muktsar district. The union represents landless peasantry, and members are preparing lists of poor families who need immediate food supplies.

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