The tension was localised though it had prolonged for a couple of hours even as an uneasy calm prevailed at the Khanauri and Shambhu protest sites along the Punjab-Haryana border
The MSP protest has political implications as well in an election year. Perhaps that explains the willingness of a usually inflexible regime to engage in conversation with the protesting farmers
While announcing the budget proposals at a time when farmers have intensified their protests at Punjab-Haryana borders, Manohar Lal Khattar asserted that his govt has taken many steps for the welfare of the farmers and that Minimum Support Price is being given for 14 crops