Farmers’ Delhi march on amid Bharat Bandh call
The leaders of protesting farmer unions and Centre held marathon talks last night with Union minister Arjun Munda terming the discussion as “positive”.
Munda along with Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai represented the Centre at the around five-hour-long meeting over the farmer unions’ various demands, including a law guaranteeing a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
The meeting came ahead of the “Bharat Bandh” (nationwide strike) called by the farmers’ body Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) today.
Hundreds of farmers have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana after they were stopped by security personnel during their march to Delhi earlier this week.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have given a “Delhi Chalo” call to press the Centre to accept their demands.