The General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold talks with the farmers and find a solution for their demands.
Meanwhile, police lobbed multiple rounds of teargas shells to disperse farmers who were approaching the police barricade at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border to resume the 'Dilli Chalo' protest on Wednesday.
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters on the second day of the farmers' stir even as the local people suffered due to traffic jams near the borders, and the farmers' organisations said they would hold a meeting with the Central government on Thursday to discuss their demands.
"Today, Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination papers for Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. It is a matter of shame for us as the Congress is a 135-year-old party. There is no place for Priyanka Gandhi to fight an election, if Rahul Gandhi didn't contest from the Kerala seat where 90 per cent are Musli
Police lobbed multiple rounds of teargas shells to disperse farmers who were approaching the police barricade at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border to resume the 'Dilli Chalo' protest on Wednesday.
The early morning visuals showed that security checks were underway at the Shambhu border in Ambala, Haryana on the second day of the farmers' protest.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) condemned the Central Government for resorting to excessive use of state power which has unleashed lathi charges, rubber bullets, tear gas shells and mass arrests to prevent the Delhi Chalo March of farmers organisations on Tuesday.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) strongly condemned the central government for employing excessive state power, including lathi charges, rubber bullets, tear gas shelling, and mass arrests, to thwart the Delhi Chalo March organized by farmer organizations on Tuesday.
As farmers in large numbers marched towards the national capital on Tuesday, the police fired tear gas on the protestors at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu Border, leading to chaotic scenes at the site.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced that "a fast bowler who burst onto the scene from the West Indies has been voted the ICC Men's Player of the Month for January 2024."
Earlier in the day, the AAP led Delhi government on Monday backed the farmer protests and said that it cannot give consent to turn the Bawana stadium into a jail to prevent farmers from marching to Delhi.