Farmers Protest Live Updates: Meanwhile, farmers in Noida and Greater Noida planned a Delhi march but called it off after meeting with local authorities and police. The protest was unrelated to the Dilli Chalo march and was scheduled for today.
A police officer was injured Friday in a pitched battle between protesting farmers - trying to march to join others on the Punjab-Haryana border - and cops in Khedi Chwpata in Hisar district.
Farmers protesting to press the Centre for their various demands will stay put at the two protest sites on the Punjab-Haryana border till February 29 when the next course of action will be decided, their leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said on Friday. Will Decide Next Course of Action on February 29: Farmer Leaders on ‘Delhi Chalo’ Call.
Farmers demanding legal backing for MSP, or minimum support price, and calling for it to include all 23 listed cash crops, resume their march on Delhi today, after rejecting the offer of a five-year contract to buy only pulses, maize, and cotton.