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Bharat Bandh LIVE: Protesting farmers block highways in Punjab, Haryana
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Last Updated at December 8, 2020 15:46 IST
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) activists ride on buffaloes during a protest in support of the nationwide strike, called by agitating farmers to press for repeal of the Centres agri-laws, in Muzaffarpur | PTI photo
Bharat Bandh LIVE updates: Home Minister Amit Shah will meet representatives of farmers at 7 pm in Delhi to discuss reforms in India's agriculture market that have sparked protests leading to nationwide shutdown on Tuesday.
Farmers blocked national highways and other key roads at many places in Punjab and Haryana today as part of the their nationwide protest to press for repeal of the Centre's new agri marketing laws. Shops and commercial establishments remained closed at most places in Punjab and several places in Haryana as traders backed the agitating farmers.
Farmers blocked national highways and other key roads at many places in Punjab and Haryana today as part of the their nationwide protest to press for repeal of the Centre's new agri marketing laws. Shops and commercial establishments remained closed at most places in Punjab and several places in Haryana as traders backed the agitating farmers.
Public and private transport services remained shut in Punjab. In neighbouring Haryana, inter-state and intra-state bus services were disrupted. Agitating farmers blocked several key roads, including Chandigarh-Delhi, Amritsar-Delhi, Hisar-Delhi and Bhiwani-Delhi national highways. They parked tractors, trucks and other vehicles in the middle of the carriageways.
The Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena, Left parties, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Samajwadi Party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) extended their support to the call. Several cab and taxi unions are also supporting the Bharat Bandh due to which travelling across the states has been disrupted.
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