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Bijnor: If the ongoing protests over pending cane dues are anything to go by, sugarcane farmers of the district seem to have reached an inflection point. Talking to TOI, national convenor of Azad Kisan Union, Rajendra Singh, said, “We will hold our mahapanchayat on February 12 at any cost. While the local administration has cleared that they have not been approached by the farmers to seek permission for holding the mahapanchayat, the farmers refuse to melt down the protests until payments are made. So far, no permission has been sought by the farmers for the mahapanchayat.”The matter has taken a political hue with the RLD announcing its support for the mahapanchayat. RLD chief Chaudhary Ajit Singh even met the agitating farmers on Friday..