Members of BKU block the Bathinda-Ambala railway track at Jethuke village in Bathinda district. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Chandigarh, February 15
A panel of three Union ministers will hold a meeting with protesting farmer leaders in Chandigarh on Thursday for another round of talks amid the ongoing standoff between the agitators and security personnel at the Punjab-Haryana border.
This will be the third round of talks between the two sides: the previous two rounds of dialogue on February 8 and 12 remained inconclusive.
Farmers from Punjab are camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders of Punjab and Haryana seeking to march towards Delhi to press the Centre to accept their demands.
The farmer leaders said they would not make any fresh attempt to move towards the national capital till the meeting is held.
16:30 15 Feb
Gurnam Singh Charuni said Haryana toll plazas will be made ‘free’ for 3 hours on February 16.
He also announced a tractor parade in every tehsil of the state on February 17, and a joint meeting of all farmers' organisations on February 18.
16:20 15 Feb
Chandigarh: Farm leaders Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jarnail Singh arrive for talks with the Central team at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Sector 26.
The meeting with three-member team of Union ministers Arjun Munda, Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai is to begin at 5 pm.
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Some trains on the Delhi-Amritsar route were diverted after farmers squatted on tracks at many places in Punjab over the Haryana Police's action against protesters.
15:37 15 Feb
Gurnam Singh after holding a meeting of office-bearers of his union announced to extend support to the agitating farmers and hold peaceful protests in Haryana. Kurukshetra: Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) Gurnam Singh after holding a meeting of office-bearers of his union announced to extend support to the agitating farmers and hold peaceful protests in Haryana.
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