The All India Transport Congress, representing about 95 lakh truckers, on Wednesday threatened to halt operations in North India from December 8 if the government failed to address concerns of the farming community.
Leaders of farmer unions warned that they would “take more steps” if the Centre does not fulfill their demands and abolish the new agricultural laws, which they fear will reduce their earnings and give more power to corporations.
Meanwhile, the Chandigarh Police used water cannons on Punjab Youth Congress workers, who gheraoed Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s residence. The workers, who were then detained, were demanding apology from the chief minister for the use of force against the protesting farmers.
Earlier in the day, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal met Home Minister Amit Shah as thousands of farmers from several states in India, especially Punjab and Haryana, continued to protest for the seventh…