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A debt-stressed farmer, who recently met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and told him about agrarian problems, allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday by consuming poison.
The family of the farmer, 60-year-old Surjit Singh, a resident of Dadumajra village, claimed that his debt was mounting and he was unable to pay back the loan from bank and others.
He also could not get good yield from his crop due to unseasonal rains in March and April this year. The farmer had cultivated his land taken on lease.
Singh had met Rahul during his Sirhind grain market visit in April this year and briefed him about the problems faced by Punjab farmers.
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