A meeting between farmer leaders and Punjab CM Channi was fixed for December 17 but postponed on Tuesday to December 20. Irked by this, the farmers said they would "even scores" with the government.
From SAD breaking off its alliance with the BJP to the Republic Day violence, the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and the Singhu border killings, the movement successfully forced the Modi government to repeal the laws.
SKM leaders had demanded a formal communication of the Union government's intentions on official letterhead, which the government is understood to have now given.