Chandigarh, Feb. 14 -- The farmers' protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders may have been a thorn in the flesh for the Centre, Haryana and Punjab governments over the last one year, but it fails to measure up when compared to the 13-month long agitation at the National Capital's Singhu border against the three farm laws in 2020-21.

Jagjit Singh Dallewal-led Bharatiya Kisan Union (Sidhupur) and Sarwan Singh Pandher-led Kisan Mazdoor Sangarh Committee (KMSC), under the banner of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political), have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders since February 13 last year, after security forces did not allow them to march to Delhi to press for their demands. Besides a legal guarantee to minimum support price (M...