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Akshay Kumar meets Kejriwal to discuss farmers' issues
New Delhi, Sep 29
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar
on Tuesday met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to discuss issues related
to the country's farming sector.
The actor, who has been busy
promoting his forthcoming film "Singh Is Blinng", spoke to Kejriwal for
30 minutes, and they discussed issues related to the farming sector,
growing farmers' suicides and ways to help farmers get out of the
distress situation, read a statement from the Directorate of Information
and Publicity.
Akshay, who raised funds for 100 farmer families
with an event here, also briefed Kejriwal on the work he has been doing
for the farmers.
Kejriwal expressed concern over the suicides of
farmers in some parts of the country and asked how the Delhi government
could be of help in extending a helping hand to the farmers.
"We
will do whatever we can. We must devise a method to help. It’s very
disheartening to see the situation. They are the ones who feed us; we
must take care of them. We need to get to the root cause of the problem.
They must get their due,†Kejriwal said.
Akshay agreed and said:
"We must come forward to help them. People are not happy farming, we
must go back to our roots, it is very important. We need to have a
campaign for the cause.â€
Kejriwal also explained to the visiting
actor on how the farmers don’t get their due and the middlemen make
money at their cost. He gave the example of hoarding of grains and
pulses and how middlemen profit from it.
He even mentioned that
all good people should come together for the cause, which affect the
society, to which Akshay said that everyone should do his bit and that
way the situation can be changed.