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Farmers, under the banners of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (a non-political organisation) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), have been protesting at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, after their attempt to march to Delhi was blocked by security forces. From December 6 onwards, more farmers are expected to join the protest, with the march taking place daily from 9 am to 5 pm. The protesting farmers will spend the night on the road. Farmers' Demands Speaking to the media on Sunday, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) leader Sarwan Singh Pandher highlighted that the farmers have been protesting at Shambhu and Khanauri for 293 days. He criticised the BJP-led government for not engaging in any talks with the farmers since February 18. Pandher accused the Centre of avoiding dialogue and reiterated that the farmers are rejecting contract farming, instead demanding a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops. #WATCH | Po...

  Farmers have been protesting the centre's farm laws since June last year and today Samyukt Kisan Morcha members observed Sampoorna Kranti Diwas, marking one year since their protests began   Chandigarh:  Haryana MLA Devendra Singh Babli of the JJP - which is allied with the ruling BJP - has apologised for abusive comments made during a spat with a group of farmers in the state's Tohana town on Tuesday, while they were protesting the centre's controversial farm laws. "I forgive those who were involved in the incident which happened on June 1 and offer my apologies for using words that don't behove a public representative. I regret this and offer my apologies," he said Saturday evening, after a meeting with protesting farmer leaders. Rakesh Tikait, who has emerged as the influential face of the farmers' protests and led hundreds of farmers on a protest march to the Tohana Police Station earlier in the day, accepted the apology. "It is go...