Farmers' protest LIVE: Committed to continuing MSP in Haryana, says CM
Farmers' protest LIVE updates: BJP's lone member in the Kerala Assembly, O Rajagopal, today, supported the resolution seeking scrapping of the three contentious farm laws.Stay tuned for latest updates
Topics Farmer protest | Punjab farmers | Farm Bills
BS Web Team | New Delhi
Last Updated at December 31, 2020 21:03 IST
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Farmers' protest LIVE updates Day 35: The Haryana Police on Thursday used a water cannon and tear gas as farmers on tractor-trailers broke through barricades at the Shahjahanpur border with Rajasthan, trying to push towards the national capital. While farmers on around 25 tractor-trailers pushed past the Haryana Police barriers, others stayed behind on the Rajasthan side of the Shahjahanpur-Rewari border, police said.
The sixth round of meetings between protesting farmers and the government ended on Wednesday with the Centre saying that the two sides had reached consensus on two out of four key issues. The next meeting will take place on January 4.
In an unprecedented move, BJP's lone member in the Kerala Assembly, O Rajagopal, today, supported the resolution seeking scrapping of the three contentious farm laws against which farmers have been agitating for over a month at the Delhi border.
Addressing media persons after the meeting with 41 farmer leaders at Vigyan Bhavan, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said: "Today's talks were held in a very good environment and concluded on a positive note. We have had consensus on two out of the four issues."
The next meeting of government with farmers will take place on January 4.
The next meeting of government with farmers will take place on January 4.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting at several borders of the national capital demanding the repeal of the three farm laws, among other demands.
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