In a move without precedent, Indian farmers have warned all Members of the Indian Parliament in a letter in both Hindi and English, to raise their voices in
Punjab unions cancel mahapanchayats, urge farmers to return to Delhi
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Move comes as crowds dwindle at protest sites outside Delhi
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Crowds of farmers seen thinning out at a protest site in Delhi on February 16, 2021.
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Sandeep Saxena
Move comes as crowds dwindle at protest sites outside Delhi
With the crowds of Punjab farmers starting to thin out at the Singhu and Tikri protest sites on the Delhi-Haryana border, Punjab’s farmers union leaders have decided to cancel plans for large mahapanchayat gatherings in their State and mobilise people to come to Delhi instead. They hope that large mobilisation for a countrywide rail roko protest on Friday will prove a turning point in their demands for the Centre to repeal three farm reform laws and give them a legal guarantee for remunerative prices.