Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni has announced his political outfit Samyukta Sangharsh Party, saying that the party will fight the upcoming Punjab Assembly election.
India Today brings you the inside track of how back-channel talks between the central government and farmer leaders led to the resolution of the year-long agitation.
The farmer leaders claimed they have won a big victory by forcing the government to accept their demands. The letter from the Centre has been signed by Sanjay Agarwal, secretary, agriculture ministry.
After more than a year of protesting at Delhi's borders, the farmers' unions called off their agitation on Thursday. They will head back home on December 11.
A five-member committee has been named by the SKM to hold talks with the Centre. They have been empowered to hold talks with the government on behalf of the farmers' union.