Farmers take part in a tractor rally to protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near New Delhi on Thursday.
NEW DELHI: The crucial eighth round of talks between the Union government and the farmers protesting against the three agri laws would be held on Friday. However, the farmers held out a tractor march on the borders of the national capital on Thursday and warned of intensifying their agitation if their demands were not met.
Here are the top developments of the day:
1. Farmer unions protesting against the three new agri laws claimed the cancellation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson s visit to India later this month was a political win for them and a diplomatic defeat for the government, and asserted their agitation has been receiving global support. Johnson was scheduled to attend the Republic Day celebrations in India as the chief guest, but the visit had to be cancelled due to the growing health crisis in the UK after emergence of a new vari
Farmers conduct tractor march day before talks with Centre; SC says protest shouldn t become COVID hotspot Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to reply within two weeks on the measures undertaken to stop the spread of COVID-19 at the protest sites. FP Staff January 07, 2021 21:16:02 IST Farmers take out a tractor rally in a protest against new farm laws at Ghaziabad, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday. AP
A day before the government s eighth round of talks with protesting farm unions, thousands of farmers are participating in a tractor rally on the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways Thursday in a “rehearsal” for 26 January, when they will move into the National Capital from Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.