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Bijnor: Hours after hundreds of sugarcane farmers held a ‘mahapanchayat’ here seeking their dues, unit heads of Bijnor and Chandpur sugar mills resigned from their posts on Tuesday afternoon. These mills owe Rs 61 crore to the farmers which is of previous year’s crushing season. Farmers were demanding their dues and on the way to agitation. It is unfortunate that farmers who are feeding the whole country are hungry themselves. If anything happens to them, DM will be directly responsible.”“What happened to the 2014 promise of PM Nerendra Modi in which he had assured cane dues will be paid within 14 days of delivery of cane to the mills..