The farmers have organised a "Chandigarh Chalo" protest on 5th March against Punjab government. Bhagwant Mann wanted them to withdraw the protest but they refused.
Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal described Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as unusually angry, noting that he had never witnessed such an outburst, even in high-level negotiations.
Supreme Court expressed strong disapproval regarding what it deemed a "deliberate attempt" to suggest that the apex Court wished for ending Jagjit Singh Dallewal's fast forcibly.
At the Shambhu border, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that there would be a group of 100 farmers who would be marching towards Delhi peacefully and have no intention of breaking the barricades present.
The NFU president Tom Bradshaw has said that around 75% of the working farms will fall under the scope of the agricultural inheritance tax. He also called the tax imposition as a “stab in the back”.
The development comes at a time when Kangana Ranaut is facing multiple threats for her recent remarks on Farmer protest. Notably, during one of the promotion event for her upcoming movie, Emergency, Kangana Ranaut lauded the Union government for its actions during the farmer protest.