Farmers Protest Live: The Delhi Chalo march has been temporarily suspended for two days following the death of a farmer in a confrontation with security personnel from Haryana.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha - an umbrella organisation of farmer unions not directly linked to those leading this round of protests - has rejected a five-year contract to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.
NDTV understands Delhi Police have deployed LRADs, or Long Range Acoustic Devices, or crowd-control sound cannons, which function as uni-directional (or one-directional), non-lethal, sonic weapons to stop protesting farmers.
Rakesh Tikait - a key figure in the 2020/21 protests against the government's "black farm laws" - has backed the second 'Delhi Chalo' agitation, which began Tuesday with tear gas being fired on the Punjab-Haryana border that triggered clashes.
Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha is staging a nationwide 'Rail Roko' protest today to demand the dismissal and arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra over his son Ashish Mishra’s car allegedly running over a group of protesters in Lakhimpur Kheri. Several groups of farmers have already begun blocking train tracks in parts of Punjab while in Uttar Pradesh, police have imposed restrictions under Section 144 in Lucknow. SKM, which is an umbrella body of the farmer unions that have continued their prolonged agitation against the Centre's farm laws, said "protests will only be intensified until justice is secured" in the Lakhimpur Kheri case. The Rail Roko protests by farmers will continue till 4 pm today across the country. Follow live updates on farmers protest, Rail Roko: