Farmers' protest: 'Delhi Chalo' march on 'standby' till February 21 as Centre offers MSP proposal

The farmer leaders said that the Delhi Chalo march has been put on standby as the central government has given a proposal on the Minimum Support Price MSP during the fourth round of talksThe farmer leaders said that they will hold discussions on the governments proposal on MSP and the march will resume peacefully on February 21So we will review this proposal with all our colleagues some agricultural experts and other legal experts and then we will be able to decide what to do about it So today we will go and have a similar discussion with our colleagues As far as our decision to go to Delhi was concerned it is on standby right now we have said that today it is the 19th and on the 21st at 11 am we will move forward peacefully Sarwan Singh Pandher general secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee said while speaking to ANI on MondayIn the meantime we would like to make every effort from our side to put our point before the Centre today its medium can be anything then in these two days yesterday the minister also said that there are still some things so we will also go to Delhi and discuss with them the farmer leader saidThe protesting farmers are camping on the Shambhu Border near the AmbalaTractors trolleys and trucks in large numbers were seen lined up on the border as the protests have been put on holdThe government has ramped up heavy security at both Shambhu Border and Gazipur Border with multilayer barricading resisting the agitating farmers from entering the national capitalReportedly hundreds of farmers a few journalists and police personnel have been injured during the protestors and security forces showdownEarlier Union Minister Piyush Goyal asserted that they had a very positive and extensive discussion with representatives of farmersWith new ideas and thoughts we had a positive discussion with the Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Union and other farmer leaders We had a detailed discussion on how to carry forward the work done by PM Modi in the last 10 years he saidThe union ministers and farmer leaders had met earlier on February 8 12 and 15 but talks remained inconclusiveThe agitating farmers from Punjab have raised various demands including an ordinance on ensuring legal guarantees for MSPs and loan waiversThe nonpolitical Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have given a Delhi Chalo call urging the BJPled Centre to accede to their demandsCommencing their march to the national capital on February 13 farmers from Punjab faced hindrance from security personnel at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points situated between Punjab and HaryanaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever