New Delhi: Addressing a press conference, farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chadoni said if the Centre does not accept their demands during Saturday”s talks, they will intensify their agitation against the new farm laws.
“In our meeting today, we have decided to give a ”Bharat Bandh” call on December 8 during which we will also occupy all toll plazas,” said Harinder Singh Lakhwal, general secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Union.
“We have planned to block all roads leading to Delhi in the coming days if new farm laws are not scrapped,” he also said.
He said that farmers will protest against the central government and the corporate houses and burn their effigies on December 5, adding that on December 7, sportspersons will return their medals in solidarity with the farmers.
However, Lakhwal did not divulge the names and number of sportspersons who would be returning their medals.
During the press conference, there were also farmer leaders from Rajasthan, Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and other states.
Farmer leaders reiterated their demands that the Centre call a special session of Parliament to repeal the new farm laws, adding that the protestors did not want amendments to the news laws but their scrapping.
Delhi”s border points remained choked as thousands of farmers from Haryana, Punjab, and other states held demonstrations for the ninth consecutive day, after talks with the government failed to yield any resolution on Thursday.
