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For the past three days farmers’ organisations are protesting in Ludhiana against banks over moving against farmers in cheque bounce cases. We will decide whether to lift it or escalate our protest after discussing the meeting’s outcome,” said Gurmeet Singh, farmer union leaders. Advertising“Punjab Government had called farmer union leaders for a meeting on February 20 evening on this issue. Advertising“As per our rough estimate, nearly 350 farmers across the state have been issued arrest warrants in cheque bounce cases, while few have even been jailed as well. The dharna site in village Ayali is a kilometer away from zonal branch of the Punjab National Bank, which the farmers had earlier planned to gherao..