Addressing Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in his tweet, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that he will leave politics if there will be any trouble on MSP.
Security personnel use fire tear gas shells to disperse a crowd of farmers gathered at the Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab, to protest the farm laws.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana are marching towards the national capital to protest against the Centre’s contentious farm laws.
Faridabad Police say, "We've clear instructions to not let any members of Bharatiya Kisan Union enter Delhi today and tomorrow. Police teams deployed at all important entry points."
The members of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee continued their protest against new farm laws in Punjab. Protesters blocked Amritsar-Delhi highway to demonstrate on November 05.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), General Secretary, Bikram Singh Majithia participated in the nation-wide 'Bharat Bandh' protest in Amritsar against new farm bills.
Eight trains were cancelled and 24 were diverted on Tuesday as farmers continued their protest on the Amritsar-Delhi rail track in Jandiala here.
Farmers Protest: 50000 farmers reach Nashik, march to Mumbai from today
Traffic affected at DND highway due to farmers' agitation
Promises made by political leaders at a farmers' protest in New Delhi Friday were met with scepticism from several participants, who said they will believe them once they see a change on the ground.
"The 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra' that started on Sept 23 had to end at Delhi's Kisan Ghat. Since Delhi police didn't allow us to enter we protested. Our aim was to finish the yatra which has been done. Now we'll go back to our villages," Naresh Tikait, President, Bharatiya Kisan Union said.
Farmers marching from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in support of their demands should be allowed to enter Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.
The rally, Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh March is being organised jointly by CITU, AIKS and AIAWU, organisations and unions affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Milk farmers in Maharashtra are on an indefinite strike. Since July 16, they have been stopping tankers carrying milk from moving towards Mumbai and Pune, and emptying their contents as a way of raising their demands.
The nationwide farmers protest entered its third day on Sunday. The supply of milk and vegetables affected in some parts of the country due to the agitation.
Farmers in Punjab and Maharashtra begin protest, spill milk on road
Thousands of farmers in Madhya Pradesh today begin a ten-day stir against the government to press for their demands of full loan waiver and adequate price for the produce.
Subhash Talekar, the spokesperson of Mumbai Dabbawala Association, said, “We thought about helping the farmers with food as they are our food-providers and have come from remote parts of the state.”
The farmers, led by Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), are demanding, among other things, proper implementation of the Maharashtra government’s loan waiver scheme.
The farmers have been demanding higher compensation for land that was acquired from them by the Avas Vikas Parishad for its residential scheme since December 2, 2016.
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