Farmers at Singhu border during their one-day hunger strike against the centre s farm reform laws, in New Delhi on Monday. Photo/ PTI
NEW DELHI: As the farmers protest against the three agriculture laws entered the third week, representatives of more than two dozen farmers unions observed a day-long hunger strike on Monday. The unions claimed that demonstrations took place at several places across the country. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as well as several leaders of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) joined the fast to support the farmers.
Meanwhile, defence minister Rajnath Singh reiterated that agriculture was a mother sector and there was no question of taking any retrograde steps against it ever.
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: Monday, December 14, 2020, 9:37 AM IST Want to wake the govt up : Farmers intensify protest against new agri laws, launch one-day fast
Farmers leaders including Rakesh Tikait of Bharatiya Kisan Union sit on a hunger strike at Ghazipur border
As the ongoing farmers protest at Delhi borders entered the 19th day, the peasants union has intensified the agitation with one-day hunger strike at all protest sites on Monday.
Forty farmer leaders from different unions will sit on hunger strike today at all borders points between 8 am to 5 pm.
25 of them will sit at Singhu border, 10 at Tikri border and 5 at Ghazipur border, Harinder Singh Lakhowal, General Secy, BKU (Punjab), said.