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Sikh Chamber of Commerce MD files PIL in Supreme Court seeking directions to consider demands of protesting farmers and allow Delhi march

The ’award-winning’ journalist, however, conveniently ignored the difference between the MSP and MRP. Firstly, it is important to understand what MSP is and how it is computed. The Minimum Support Price is the guaranteed price at which central and state governments, as well as their agencies, purchase food grains from farmers.

The Haryana police backtracked on the earlier statement that NSA will be invoked against farmer union leaders who are inciting violence.

According to reports, 21-year-old Shubhkaran Singh, a Bathinda local, was slain and 12 police officers were injured in clashes at the Khanauri border post on the Punjab-Haryana border on 21st February. The incident transpired as several protesting farmers attempted to approach the barricades.

The development came after the farmer protest took a violent turn on the resumption of the Delhi Chalo march on February 21, after a brief halt. Notably, clashes broke out between protesting farmers trying to break barricades and create tear gas of their own and security forces deployed at the Punjab-Haryana border, particularly the Khanauri border. 

Haryana police said that three cops have died so far during the farmer protests. All of them died after their health suddenly deteriorated

Videos shared on social media show heavy machinery being taken by protesters to the Haryana border. The person filming the video can be heard saying that the poclain machine is being carried to move the barricades put up at the Shambhu border.

During the hearing, ACJ Sandhawalia also objected to Punjab farmers travelling in tractors and trolleys for protest.

After the fourth round of talks, General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Sarvan Singh Pandher asserted that the farmers will continue to move forward with the 'Delhi Chalo' march on February 21 adding that the discussion will also be held on the proposal proposed by the government on MSP.

According to an estimate, more than 50 thousand trucks come to Delhi every day carrying goods from different states across the country.