February 14, 2024 08:02 am | Updated February 15, 2024 11:26 am ISTIn reponse to the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha’s ongoing “Delhi Chalo” agitation, Union Ministers Arjun Munda, Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai will meet farmer representatives in Chandigarh on February 15. The protest was started to pressure on the BJP-led Centre for farmers’ demands, including a law on a minimum support price (MSP) for crops and loan waivers. The Centre had made it clear that announcing a guaranteed MSP will not be possible. Also read | In Frames | Farmers’ protests 2024Haryana security personnel lobbed tear gas shells on farmers from Punjab at Shambhu border between the two States as thousands of protesters stayed put there today, the second day of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march. Traffic crawled at many places in the Delhi-National Capital Region due to the barricading at border and in several parts of Delhi.

Source: The Hindu February 14, 2024 17:38 UTC