Earlier in the day, a meeting of farm leaders with local administration in Karnal ended inconclusively with protesting farmers demanding action against SDM Ayush Sinha and an independent inquiry in the matter.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday hit back at those propagating "misinformation" about MSP with the emergence of the new farm laws. Tomar said that the rate of MSP and procurement of crops was increasing continuously after the implementation of the new farm laws.
Protesting farmers gathered around the mini secretariat in Karnal in support of their demands after the breakdown of talks with the district administration over their call for action against officials allegedly involved in the lathi-charge on August 28.
Farmer unions had demanded action against officials over the lathi-charge against protesters on August 28 in Karnal. Otherwise, they had threatened farmers will lay siege on the Karnal mini-secretariat – a threat they appeared to be carrying out.
The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha's 'Kishan Mahapanchayat' was held at the Government Inter College grounds in Muzaffarnagar.
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday had put on hold for six days his party's poll outreach campaign 'Gal Punjab Di' and had formed a committee to hold talks with farmers.
Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 last year against the three newly enacted farm laws.
The venue for the "mahapanchayat" that would be held under the banner of "Kisan Morcha" would be the government college compound, the BKU said on Friday.
The chief minister said some other states had also moved Assembly resolutions against farm laws earlier though the previous AIADMK government did not do so.
Details regarding the venue of the national convention will be worked out later, a farmer leader said. Thousands of farmers from across the country, particularly Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Delhi borders, including Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur, since November last year.
Police said the incident took place when the MLA reached the village for a programme. Police rescued the MLA, they said.
While both the Chief Minister and the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President had made public statements about working together as a team, the cricketer-turned-politician doesn't stop at attacking the CM in one way or another. And the Congress state chief's this move can be seen as another round of tussle with the CM.
Opposition leaders from various parties on Thursday, 12 August, held a march from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk in New Delhi, demanding a repeal of the Centre's contentious farm laws. They were also protesting against other issues.
Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday demanded that a special committee be set up to look into the incidents of gross indiscipline by Opposition members and said that the Parliament witnessed a 'new low' in its history after there were reports that attempts were made to strangulate a woman security staff.
In his meeting, Tikait held discussions on the BKU's press conferences scheduled for August 11 in Uttarakhand's Dehradun and Himachal Pradesh's Nahan, the farmer union's media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said.
The umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions said the government's "failure" to support farmers during natural calamities, hike in fuel prices and the recent Pegasus snooping row were among the issues that were discussed during the Kisan Sansad on Friday.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge told that all the Opposition parties and its leaders have come together in support of the farmers' demands.
Farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha are protesting at Jantar Mantar. They have been allowed to protest at Jantar Mantar till August 9, but only on weekdays.
Police had a tough time to bring the situation under control as farmers riding tractors pushed barricades set up near the venue of the programme.
Arguing that the Pegasus issue has 'national security' concerns, Opposition parties have released a joint statement demanding a discussion on the matter in both Houses of Parliament. The Opposition parties have also demanded that there should be a discussion on the farmers’ issue and the three farm laws over which protests have been raging.
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