Chandigarh, March 20 -- The seventh round of negotiations between Punjab's farmer leaders and Union Ministers ended in yet another deadlock on Wednesday. Despite hours of deliberation, the farmers remained steadfast in their demand for a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all crops, vowing to continue their agitation until their demands are met. Even as the meeting in Chandigarh concluded without any breakthrough, tensions escalated at the Punjab-Haryana borders with Punjab Police detaining key farmer leaders en route from Chandigarh to their protest sites at Shambhu and Khanauri. The crackdown, which sparked outrage among farmer unions, came amid concerns from the Punjab Government over the economic impact of the ongoing ag...
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