Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, resumed their protest on the fifth day since they kicked off their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on Tuesday over a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP).
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said it would further intensify its agitation in the coming days as farmers’ groups, along with trade unions and others, observed ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Friday.
On Saturday, the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) held dharnas outside the residences of three senior BJP leaders in Punjab and even protested at toll plazas in the state.
However, alle eyes will be on Sunday, with Union ministers Arjun Munda, Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai set to hold a fourth round of talks with farmer leaders to break the impasse.
