Farmers’ protest LIVE UPDATES | Farmers to hold tractor march today
Protesting farmers announced to extend their 'Delhi Chalo' march until February 29 and remain stationed along the Punjab-Haryana border until that date. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), the leading farmer organizations driving the protest at the Shambu and Khanuari borders, stated that they would decide on the next course of action on February 29.
February 26: Effigies of the WTO will be burned in villages in the morning
February 27: National-level meetings of both forums will convene at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders
February 28: A joint meeting of both forums is scheduled
February 29: An announcement regarding the continuation of the farmers' protest will be made.
Giving a call to march to Delhi, the farmers have been massing and camping at multiple points in areas bordering the national capital since February 13 along with their tractors, mini-vans and pickup trucks, demanding, among others, a law guaranteeing MSP (minimum support price) and withdrawal of police cases against farmers during earlier protests.
During the last round of talks, which ended past midnight on February 18, the panel of three Union ministers made an offer to buy five crops --moong dal, urad dal, tur dal, maize and cotton--from farmers at MSP for five years through central agencies.
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