Mamata Banerjee - on a mission to build a platform to challenge the BJP in 2024 - may have another friendly face to count on, after Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said he might be open to joining an opposition front led by the Trinamool.
The farmer leader also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should give a clear answer on the demand for a law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP) that he had
Rakesh Tikait accused the government of trying to divide the farmers, and said it should talk to them to resolve their issues or else "we are not going away".
BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who has been criticising his own party for the last few months, on Saturday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP) for.