After calling for the blockage of the Delhi-Jaipur highway on 12 December, the union leaders announced at a press conference at the border yesterday that national railway routes will be jammed unless the Modi government rolls back the three farm bills

By 12 December, the Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Agra highway will be blocked and all tolls will be freed, while on 14 December, protesters will gherao all states’ district headquarters

The union home minister met farmer representatives in a private meeting yesterday night, during which the farmers rejected the government’s proposal of certain amendments to the three farm bills and and instead continued to press for a complete rollback of the laws

Cabinet Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will replace Harsimrat Kaur Badal as the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.