Farmers at many places in Punjab and Haryana on Thursday held tractor marches on the occasion of 78th Independence Day to press the Centre to accept its demands, incluꩲding a legal gu𝔍arantee on MSP for crops.
The call for taking out tractor marches was given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) that are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' march in support of the f𝓰arm🔯ers' demands.
Farmers from Punjab led by SKM (Non-Political) and KMM began the 'Delhi Chalo' march to Delhi on February 13 to dem꧟and minimum s♎upport price for crops, among other things, but were stopped by Haryana Police, who had set up barricades, including cemented blocks, on the Ambala-New Delhi national highway.
The farmers clashed with police personnel and have ♏been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points ever since.
In Amritsar on Thursday, around 600 tractors, sporting the national flag and flags of farmers' out✤fits, part📖icipated in the tractor march.
The tractor march, which was ♎led by farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, began from Attari and would culminate at Golden Gate, after covering around 30 kilometers.
Pandher slammed the Centre for not considering its demand of givi𒁏ng legal guarantee to MSP, saying that farmers were not getting ri🍬ght prices for their crops.
Protesting farmers also said they would continue🌟 to hold their protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri till their demands were not met.
In Bathinda, too, farmers also took out a tract🍌or marc✃h.
In Haryana's Ambala, farmers took out a tractor march🔯 which passed through Balana, Shahzadpur and Narayangarh villages. The march was led by farmer Navdeep 𒉰Singh.
In Panchkula's Pinjore, farmers led by Bhartiya Kisan Union (Shaheed Bhagat Singh) leader Te🥃jvir Singh, held a tractor march.
