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CHENNAI: State Secretary of the Communist Party of India Mutharasan issued a statement: Farmers who grew sugarcane ahead of the Pongal festival, farmers and the public were expecting that “coconut” should be included in the Pongal gift package this year.
All of them are waiting with the hope that the Chief Minister will review the Pongal gift package to the attention of the government, Jan. In the Pongal gift package starting on 2nd, along with Rs.1000 in cash, 21 items including sugarcane, coconut and bunch of turmeric should be given like last year. It has been said.