Peasants temporarily halted their march to Delhi after the government proposed to them the buying of pulses, maize and cotton crops by government agencies at minimum support prices for five years.
Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Nityanand Rai and Arjun Munda met the farmer leaders in Chandigarh for a meeting that went for over four hours. The farmers said they would halt their protest and study the proposal over the next two days and decide the future course of action.
The farmers hoped that their issues would be resolved within two days or else they would resume their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on February 21 at 11 am.
