Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has strongly objected to the case of Haryana Police firing tear gas shells on farmers through drones inside the border of Punjab. The Chief Minister raised this matter in the meeting of Union Ministers in Chandigarh on Thursday night. He said that farmers are protesting in their area, it is absolutely wrong to throw tear gas shells on them from across the border with drones. In the meeting, empty tear gas shells thrown by the farmers from the drone were also shown. Bhagwant Mann said that the Union Ministers have assured him that such action will not take

Rahul Gandhi has canceled the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Jharkhand to participate in the farmers' movement of Punjab and Haryana. Sources said that senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has left to participate in the farmers' movement in the national capital. On the other hand, the Shiromani Akali Dal has also postponed its 'Punjab Bachao Yatra' indefinitely, expressing solidarity with the farmers. Sukhbir Badal has called a meeting of the core committee of the party at 2 pm at the party headquarters in Chandigarh on February 15 to take stock of the entire situation.

Joginder Singh Ugrahan, president of Bharatiya Kisan Union Ugrahan in Punjab, has announced to block railway tracks in Punjab from 12 noon to 4 pm tomorrow to show solidarity with the farmers who are marching towards Delhi. Ugrahan said that the farmers are demanding the punishment of the Lakhimpuri culprits along with the guarantee of MSP and they also said that if the Haryana administration does not stop the atrocities on the farmers, they will wage a more intense struggle. On the other hand, the Punjab government is conducting a meeting of the farmers with the center through video confere

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is going on a visit to Punjab on February 21 amid the lack of alliance between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. Sources said that he will first pay obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib and then meet Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is also likely to be present in this meeting. If reports are to be believed, both the political parties may start a new front separate from the Congress.

According to sources, the alliance of Shiromani Akali Dal and BSP has broken in Punjab. However, this was not confirmed by Sukhbir Badal, but BSP's Punjab in-charge Randhir Singh Baniwal has announced after the meeting in Chandigarh that his party will contest the Lok Sabha elections alone in the state. BSP says that Shiromani Akali Dal is trying to form an alliance with BJP and in such a situation BSP cannot remain with Akali Dal.

Farmers of Punjab have left for Delhi Chalo March. Barricading and other arrangements have been made to stop the farmers at the borders around Delhi. Meanwhile, there was also a clash between the farmers and the police on the Shambhu and Khanuri border of Punjab-Haryana. Many farmers were injured during this. Iron and concrete barricades have been installed at Delhi's three major borders Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur. Farmers are getting support from all political parties and Rahul Gandhi has also announced MSP guarantee in favor of farmers. Addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh, he said that Swam

Former state president of Punjab Congress Navjot Singh Sidhu did not attend the rally of Congress National President Mallikarujan Kharge in Samrala yesterday. Except for Sidhu, the entire leadership of Punjab Congress was present in this rally. Earlier, Sidhu had also stayed away from the meetings held under the chairmanship of Punjab Congress affairs in-charge Devendra Yadav. Reports say that the day after the rally, the Sidhu faction has written a letter to the Congress high command, in which the Samrala rally has been described as a failure. It says that only around two hundred people we

The Special Investigation Team investigating the case related to the drug trafficking of crores of rupees in Punjab has sent summons to the senior leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal Bikram Majithia for re-interrogation. The investigation team has ordered him to appear for questioning on February 15. The Special Investigation Team headed by the new DIG of Patiala Range Harcharan Singh Bhullar will interrogate him for the second time. Before this, about four people close to Majithia have also been questioned.

In view of the march of farmers from Punjab to Delhi, the Haryana government has sealed the borders with Punjab and imposed Section 144 for a month to prevent the gathering of crowds in Delhi. Meanwhile, a meeting of farmers' leaders and Union ministers is being held in Chandigarh this evening before tomorrow's Delhi march of 26 farmers' organizations of Punjab and Haryana. If this meeting is not successful, then Joginder Singh Ugrahan, leader of Bharatiya Kisan Union Ugrahan and Harinder Singh, leader of Bharatiya Kisan Union Lakhowal, have also announced Bharat Bandh on February 16.