Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the farmers' agitation will continue till the Centre rolls back the farm laws and provides legal guarantee on MSP.
A closed petrol pump at Ferozepur Road in Ludhiana, Punjab. The protesting farmers during the ongoing nation-wide strike are sitting across 32 locations in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)
While gangster Kuldeep alias Fajja managed to flee, the police nabbed one of his six associates who was injured in the gunfight. Another associate was killed.
According to the Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, the nationwide shutdown will start at 6 am and it will be in force up to 6 pm across the country on March 26.