The leaders of protesting farmer unions and Centre held marathon talks last night with Union minister Arjun Munda terming the discussion as "positive". Mr Munda along with Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai represented the Centre at the around five-hour-long meeting over the farmer unions' various demands, including a law guaranteeing a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
The meeting came ahead of the "Bharat Bandh" (nationwide strike) called by the farmers' body Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) today.
Hundreds of farmers have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana after they were stopped by security personnel during their march to Delhi earlier this week.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have given a "Delhi Chalo" call to press the Centre to accept their demands.
Here are the LIVE updates on the farmers' protest:
#WATCH | Mumbai: On Farmers' Protest, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut says, "The protestors are representing the farmers of the whole country. But the way they are being stopped is not right. So far, more than 100 farmers have been injured and many have been arrested. They have... pic.twitter.com/tvoGFSesF3
- ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2024
Huge traffic was witnessed at the Delhi-Ghaziabad border as police and paramilitary personnel kept a tight vigil on the activities at the borders of the national capital amid the farmers' protest.
#WATCH | Traffic snarls continue as commuters face delays and traffic jams entering into Delhi; visuals from Ghazipur border pic.twitter.com/hfJdReL5pe
- ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2024
🚨यातायात एडवाइजरी🚨
- Noida Traffic Police (@noidatraffic) February 16, 2024
यातायात हेल्पलाइन नं०-9971009001 https://t.co/ho5dEJOeuY pic.twitter.com/ODsBsRv3IL
Gautam Buddh Nagar Police has said that restrictions under CrPC Section 144, including a ban on unauthorised public assemblies, would be enforced across the district in view of Bharat Bandh called by farmers' unions today.
दिनांक 16.02.2024 को संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा व विभिन्न संगठनो द्वारा धरना प्रदर्शन आदि विभिन्न कार्यक्रम किया जाना प्रस्तावित है।
- POLICE COMMISSIONERATE GAUTAM BUDDH NAGAR (@noidapolice) February 15, 2024
अतः दिनांक 16.02.2024 को दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता की धारा-144 लागू की जाती है। pic.twitter.com/hkI8Nk5KW0
The leaders of protesting farmer unions and Centre held marathon talks last night. Union Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Arjun Munda, who was part of the meeting, termed the discussion as "positive" and said that another round of talks will be held on Sunday.
