‘Delhi Chalo’ march day two: Government, farmer leaders hold talks on MSP demands; next round tomorrow | Highlights

Amid ongoing farmers’ protests, senior Union ministers including Rajnath Singh and Arjun Munda on Wednesday held discussions on how to address the issues raised by farmers, while Another round of talks is likely to take place tomorrow.

On the other hand, chaos broke out at Haryana’s Sambhu border as security personnel hurled tear gas shells at protesting farmers on the second day of ‘Delhi Chalo’ march. Whenever the protesting farmers try to move towards the roadblocks, the police take action.

Farmers remained at the Data Singhwala-Khanauri border in Haryana’s Jind district as police blocked the border with roadblocks, preventing farmers from traveling to Delhi on tractor-trolleys. Farmers also carried water bottles and wet clothes to limit the impact of tear gas.

Farmers’ protests: Here’s a ten-point overview of today’s developments

• Senior Union ministers including Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal and Arjun Munda on Wednesday spoke out on the ongoing farmers’ protests discuss.
• Haryana police used tear gas on farmers from Punjab at the Shambhu border and sealed the border with roadblocks to prevent farmers from traveling to Delhi.
• Bharatiya Kisan Union-Ugrahan (BKU-Ugrahan) on Wednesday announced that farmers will block railway tracks in Punjab from 12 noon to 4 pm tomorrow
• The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) along with central trade unions has called for a Gramin Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) on February 16.
• Section 144 has been implemented in 15 districts of Haryana, with 64 companies of paramilitary forces and 50 companies of state police deployed.
• Some young people even flew kites on the Xinhu border, entangled drones in the kite strings, and shot down the drones.
• The RSS-affiliated Bharat Kisan Sangh (BKS) on Wednesday said it does not support the farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, calling it “political”.
• The Punjab government on Wednesday will bear the cost of treatment of those injured during farmers’ protests.
• Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday clarified that political parties involved in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protests are not part of their movement.
• At the Tikri border, the Delhi Police installed an iron platform beneath the metro line to house loudspeakers and mast lights.

Delhi Chalo March: What are the demands of protesting farmers?

Farmers demanding a minimum support price law started marching towards Delhi after holding a meeting with a team of Union ministers on their demands.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha said the farmers will go to Delhi to urge the Center to accept their demands. The farmers also called for implementation of Swaminathan Commission recommendations, pension for farmers and farm workers, waiver of farm debts, withdrawal of police cases and “justice” for victims of Lakhimpur Kheri violence.