Farmers under Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha banner, staged a protest on a rail track in Patiala district, near the Punjab and Haryana border on Wednesday. The farmers demanded the release of three farmers arrested by Haryana Police.
Due to the blockade at Shambhu Railway Station, several trains were rerouted, according to railway authorities.
KMM leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said the Haryana administration had assured them that the arrested farmers would be released by April 16.
"When our farmers were not released, we decided to squat on the rail track," Pandher said.
Three farmers, including Navdeep Singh, were arrested during the ongoing farmers' stir.
Though the Punjab Police had erected barricades to prevent protesters from heading towards the rail track, farmers forced their way and sat on the track.
The SKM (Non-Political) and the KMM are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' march by farmers to press the government to accept their demands which include that the Centre should give a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.
The farmers have been staying put at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 when their march was stopped by the security forces.
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