Chaduni made the above statements after he attended a meeting with United Kisan Morcha leader Surjit Singh Phool and various other district heads of farmers unions at Dera Kar Seva Gurdwara in district Karnal, Haryana.
Punjab is slated to go to the Assembly polls in 2022. In 2017 Assembly polls, Congress had won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats and ousted the SAD-BJP government after 10 years.
Rakesh Tikait said a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' will be held in Lucknow on November 22, four days ahead of the anti-farm law protest at Delhi borders completing one year.
The Meghalaya Governor said leaders in Delhi send condolence messages even when a dog dies, however, they are not bothered about the death of farmers.
Farmers have been protesting at different sites since November 26 last year against the three enacted farm laws. Farmer leaders and the Centre have held several rounds of talks but the impasse remains.
The leaders were watching PM Modi's programme in Kedarnath live at a temple in Rohtak's Kiloi village when dozens of farmers suddenly surrounded them.
A group of protesters carrying black flags blocked Jangra's route in Hisar's Narnaund, according to police. Later, the road was cleared, allowing the Rajya Sabha MP to proceed, the police said.
The Delhi Police on Thursday evening started removing the barricades and concertina wires it had put in place at the anti-farm laws protest site at Tikri Border on Delhi-Rohtak highway.
On Sunday, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had also asserted that there is no shortage of Diammonium phosphate (DAP) and other fertilisers in Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier on Thursday, the Delhi Police had begun removing barricades placed at the Tikri and Ghazipur borders where farmers have been protesting against the Centre's three farm laws.
The process to remove the barricades started following the October 21 Supreme Court direction, calling for unblocking of the roads that have remained out of bounds for commuters due to the anti-farm laws protests at Delhi's border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur.
Farmers have been protesting since November 26 last year against the three enacted farm laws: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
The opening of the road stretch would help thousands of commuters in Ghaziabad, Delhi, and Noida as well as those traveling between the national capital and the interiors of Uttar Pradesh, towards Meerut and beyond.
Varun Gandhi has demanded a legal guarantee for the minimum support price, also one of the demands of farmer unions protesting against three farm laws.
Four out of the eight layers of barricades at Tikri border have been removed. However, the cement barricades are still there and road remains closed for commuters.
This will be Amarinder Singh's second meeting with Amit Shah after he resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab on September 18.
Three women lost their lives when they were run over by a speeding truck in Haryana's Jhajjar. The driver of the truck was arrested by the police.
The development comes after the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the anti-farm laws protests, reportedly asked the Nihangs to leave the agitation site following the lynching of a Dalit labourer for allegedly desecrating a Sikh holy book.
In an official statement, the SKM has said this is mainly to demand the arrest and dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
Ahead of upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Congress is set to hold statewide 'Pratigya Yatras' from October 23 to November 1.
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