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We won’t halt: KMSS

By AT News |

KMSS on Saturday made it plain and simple that under no circumstances, they would halt their agitation for the landless lot.

Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, officials of the organization said that they would fight for land for the farmers in the forest and water bodies.

They further said that they would intensify their demands for arrest of Chief minister and the revenue minister at a huge rally in Guwahati this months.         

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