Bharat Bandh today: The farmer unions have asked all the like-minded farmer organisations to come forward and participate in the Bharat bandh. | Latest News India
The Bharat Bandh is being organized in solidarity with the ‘Delhi Chalo’ movement, which involves farmers from Punjab marching to the national capital to demand that the government fulfill their demands, including the implementation of a law guaranteeing MSP for crops. - Newsx
A total of 37 farmers’ groups under the umbrella group Samyukt Kisan Morcha have announced a Gramin Bharat bandh or nationwide strike on Friday, February 16.
There is heavy security deployment at Singhu and Tikri borders. Multiple layers of barricades, barbed wires and concrete blocks have been put up to stop the farmers from entering the national capital. Delhi Police has deployed drones to keep an eye on the situation at the Singhu border and ordered more than 30,000 teargas shells from the Border Security Force's (BSF) Tear Smoke Unit., Delhi News, Times Now
On day 3 of their Delhi Chalo protest, the farmers are hoping that the third round of talks scheduled on Thursday in Chandigarh will provide a solution to the crisis. The protesters have also announced a rail roko (stop trains) in the state on Thursday evening.