Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (PKMSC) district president Aranjeet Singh said that they will gather in Phagwada over the issues concerning the farmers of the state.
Earlier on Friday, in response to the BJP's protest against water pollution in the Yamuna River, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendra Jain stated that the industrial waste polluting the river does not come from Delhi, as there are "no water-polluting industries" in the national capital.
The farmers in Punjab on Saturday sat down at Phagwara Main Chowk in a one-day protest against the government to press their various demands including timely paddy procurement.
"I can't understand why the farmers aren't getting money when the central government has already released Rs 44,000 crore. Money should be given to farmers and paddy must be purchased," he said.
Meanwhile, as per reports, the farmers will resort to a road blockade at a few places in Punjab for an indefinite period from October 26 to protest against the "tardy" paddy procurement and other issues.
On October 24, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva took a dip in the Yamuna river to mark his protest against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lead Delhi government with the rising pollution in the river as well as the city.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee scheduled a peaceful protest rally today in Kharan to raise their voice for disappeared youths due to an increase in the number of enforced disappearances by the Pakistan armed forces.
Chairman of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Krantikari) Punjab, Surjeet Singh Phul spoke to ANI and said, "On October 26, both forums will do a road blockade at 4 points. We will begin the protest at 1 pm and sit on the streets."
The situation in the Shigar district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan remains tense as residents continue their sit-in protest against a recent court ruling that declared the Sarfaranga Cold Desert as "khalisa sarkar" (state land), marking one month of protest.