New Delhi, March 20 -- A day after the Punjab government evicted protesting farmers from the Shambhu Border, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sandeep Pathak on Thursday said blocking roads in Punjab will only harm farmers and asserted that only the central government is capable of resolving the issue.

Speaking to ANI, Pathak said, "Only the central government can solve them. Blocking roads in Punjab will only harm the farmers. Small traders have a lot of issues and the Punjab government is their own government, whatever problems are there related to Punjab, the government is ready to sit with them 24 hours, but the big question is that the demand should be made to the central government."

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