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Begin indefinite strike at Mehmadpur Grain MarketKaram PrakashTribune News ServicePatiala, September 20Hundreds of farmers today held a protest on the Patiala-Bathinda highway, near Mehmadpur village, to seek pardon for their union leader Manjit Singh Dhaner, who has been sentenced to a life imprisonment. Activists of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Dakunda, urged Governor VP Singh Badnore to pardon Dhaner. Dhaner should be given pardon.”Go on indefinite strikeAfter staging a dharna on the highway, the protesters started indefinite strike at Mehmadpur Grain Market. Within hours, the protesters erected tents and tractor-trailers loaded with grocery and other items for langar reached the spot. All the entry points to the city and the roads leading to the chief minister residence were barricaded..