Patiala, Feb. 14 -- Ahead of their scheduled meeting with the representatives of the Union government on Friday, agitating farmers from Punjab on Thursday expressed hope of a breakthrough and urged the Centre to resolve their issues, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) for their crop. Thursday also marked the completion of one year of the ongoing agitation.
On January 18, a delegation of senior officials from the Union agriculture ministry, led by joint secretary Priya Ranjan, invited the representatives of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha - the two farmer unions spearheading the protest - for a meeting to discuss their demands on February 14 in Chandigarh. The delegation had also m...