Farmers' protest: Centre calls for talks, Haryana police fire tear gas shells
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi: The Central government has appealed to the protesting farmers to hold the fifth round of talks. Meanwhile, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait's BKU has opened yet another front in western Uttar Pradesh as farmers astride their tractors protested at several district headquarters. A man walks through tear gas at the site of the protest, as farmers march towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu barrier, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana. Armed with gas masks, earthmovers and bulldozers, the farmers surged forward despite the tear gas shells fired by the Haryana police. Meanwhile, in response to the Haryana government's concerns about the agitating farmers using JCBs, Poclaines, Tippers, Hydras and other heavy machines at the Shambhu border, the DGP of Punjab has issued instructions directing all Punjab's relevant officers to halt the movement of such machinery to the Punjab-Haryana borders.