Farmer protests enter 19th day, farm leaders on 1-day hunger strike
Mon, Dec 14 2020 02:52:44 PM
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS): The farmers protest continued on the 19th day on Monday against the three new agricultural laws even as leaders from various farmer unions have decided to sit on a hunger strike for one day.
Darshan Pal Singh, state President of the Krantikari Kisan Union in Punjab, told IANS that the leaders of all farmer organisations involved in the Samyukta Kisan Morcha would sit on a single-day hunger strike from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday. Apart from this, he said a protest would be organised at the district headquarters.