Centre has offered to guarantee that its agencies will buy cotton, corn & certain pulses at MSP for 5 years. SKM says govt silent on formula to calculate MSP & farmers’ other demands.
Mann is facing criticism for not taking action on tear gas being used on agitating farmers. Opposition leaders have been sharing videos of Mann's pre-poll promise of MSP for over 20 crops.
The Union agriculture minister & 2 others met farmers to discuss their demands, including MSP. Farmer leaders say they'll continue to stay put at 2 border points between Punjab & Haryana.
Farmer unions in Uttar Pradesh are weighing their options on joining the new farmers protest, which is centred on demands similar to those raised during the 2020-21 agitation.
The morning visuals showed intense security arrangements at the Shambhu border in Ambala, Haryana, as farmers who marched towards Delhi Tuesday clashed with the police.
Congress chief Kharge announced 'legal guarantee of MSP', one of the prime demands of protesting farmers. Rahul Gandhi says more announcements for farmers being prepared in the manifesto.
Security tightened amid reports of chaotic scenes at Shambhu border 150 km away, where tear gas shells and smoke bombs have been used. Farmers have 12 demands, including a law on MSP.
Farmers' demands include MSP for their crops as a guarantee, a pension scheme for farmers over age of 58, crop insurance scheme & justice for Lakhimpur Kheri farmers.
On Monday, 500 farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi & Uttar Pradesh 'broke through' police barricade to reach protesting wrestlers, said it's an issue of 'social justice for women'.
Protesters' main grievances are factory's allegedly debilitating effects on their groundwater, soil and quality of life. Punjab and Haryana HC is due to hear the matter Friday.
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