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Farmers participating in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march will not end their agitation until their demands are met, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said while indicating that their stir may continue even after the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls comes into force.
As the deadlock in talks between Union ministers and farmer leaders continued even after four rounds of dialogue, the protesters took out a candle march at Shambhu and Khanauri on Punjab’s border with Haryana in memory of the farmer who died during the ongoing agitation.
Shubhkaran (21), a native of Bathinda, was killed in the clash in Khanauri last Wednesday when some protesters tried to head towards the barricades erected by security personnel. Shubhkaran’s cremation has not taken place yet with farmer leaders being adamant that the Punjab government orders registration of an FIR against those responsible for his death.
Further according to PTI , Farmers protesting to press the Centre for their various demands will stay put at the two protest sites on the Punjab-Haryana border till February 29 when the next course of action will be decided.
A decision to this effect was taken Friday evening by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), which are spearheading the ongoing agitation at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders.
“The next announcement about the agitation will be made on February 29,” KMM leader Pandher told the media at Khanauri protest site.
