India's well-known women's cricketer Mithali Raj, has urged people to understand the importance of farmers in our lives on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, who gave us the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'.

Meanwhile, thousands of protesting farmers were stopped from entering the capital yesterday and they rejected home minister Rajnath Singh's assurances that most of their demands will be met.