Speaking to ANI on the farmer's protests, the Finance Minister said, "The centre has formed a 3-member committee of Ministers and is conducting discussions and negotiating with farmers."
Visuals from the site showed villagers ransacking Maity's house and beating him up with slippers as protests continued in the Bermajur area of Sandeshkhali where angry villagers clashed with the police on Friday.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday withdrew its plea seeking permission to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital against the alleged hurdles being put in the implementation of the Delhi Jal Board's One-Time Settlement Scheme for water bill arrears.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Arambagh and Krishnanagar in the state on March 1 and 2 respectively.
"We are saying this in pain. Why are they (Shah Jahan Sheikh's aides) breaking into our houses? They are threatening my in-laws. Why are they doing this?" an aggrieved woman protester said as the police tried to pacify the situation.
Karnataka Minister and Congress leader Priyank Kharge on Friday criticised the opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party in the state after the walkout by its members during assembly session on February 22.
Tewari, an MP from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib, while speaking to ANI hit out at the central government, saying that it has been now three years since it promised to make law the MSP, but failed.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday came out in support of Shubhakaran Singh's family, who lost his life in the ongoing farmers' protest. He announced financial assistance of Rs 1 crore and assured appropriate legal action against the culprits.
While addressing the meeting regarding his party's protest against alleged rigging in the recent general elections, Fazl lamented the erosion of democratic principles.
The General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher on Friday targetted Punjab government for not filing an FIR on the death of farmer youth at the Khanauri Border during the ongoing protests.