Chennai: The government is all set to hold another round of discussions with protesting farmers today, even as the Northern Railways has either cancelled, short-terminated, short-originated or diverted a few trains.
According to sources, the Chilla border on Noida-link road has been closed for traffic. Already, two border points connecting the Delhi with Gurgaon and Jhajjar-Bahadurgarh were closed as precautionary measures. With this, in total five border points, including Singhu and Tikri, have been closed due to the protest.
It may be noted that, Tuesdayâs meeting held between officials and the farmers who are agitating against the new agricultural laws, ended without any solution.
35 farmer leaders held a three-hour meeting with the ministerial delegation but the farmer unions rejected the governmentâs offer to set up a committee to look into issues raised by them and said they will intensify their stir until their demands are met.
They have also written to the Centre, their objections regarding the new laws. Students from various universities in Delhi on Tuesday joined the protests, and expressed solidarity with them in their fight.
The protesters, who are part of a student outfit- Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, demanded that three farm legislations should be revoked unconditionally and the BJP government at the Centre should apologise to the people for introducing such âanti-people lawsâ.