Amritsar, Dec. 21 -- Farmers organisations, under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), have deferred their rail roko agitation, which was to begin on Saturday, after their nine-hour meeting with officials of the Punjab government over the Electricity (Amendment) Bill at Kisan Bhawan in Chandigarh.

Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh on Saturday, KMM leaders said the chief minister stated that the Electricity Amendment Bill would be opposed at the state government level. "The chief minister's statement came very late, but it is the first step in the right direction. The state government was compelled to speak against the Electricity Amendment Bill after the strong response to the December 5 symbolic rail roko call, remova...