Protesting farmers face teargas shells

AFTER FACING A day of teargas shelling from Haryana Police at the Shambhu border, protesting farmers on Sunday evening suspended their foot march to Delhi by a day after Haryana administration officials met their leaders and assured them of talks.

- RAAKHI JAGGA

The officials met leaders of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and promised to work towards an amicable solution to their demands after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Haryana on Monday.

"Ambala deputy commissioner Parth Gupta, SSP Nanak Singh, and SP Surinder Singh Bhoria met us at Rajpura in Punjab (around 13 km from Shambhu),"" said Sarwan Singh Pandher, coordinator for KMM.

"They asked us to wait for a day as the Haryana administration is occupied with the PM's visit on Monday. They also informed us that we cannot proceed to Delhi without permission from Delhi Police."

"We will wait for a day to see the response from the Haryana administration and decide our next steps accordingly," he said.