13 farmer leaders leave Singhu border to meet Amit Shah (Ld)

New Delhi, Dec 8 : A delegation of 13 farmer leaders have left the Singhu border, one of the protest sites of the farmers on the outskirts of the national capital, to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence on Tuesday evening.
The meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. on at Shah’s 6A, Krishna Menon Marg residence.
Noting that this movement is under the banner of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, Haryana Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) President Gurnam Singh Chathuni said in a press briefing at Singh border that the Home Minister contacted the farmers’ unions earlier in the day and invited them for the meeting.
Referring to Tuesday’s Bharat Bandh, Chathuni said that the government should understand that the whole nation joined the call given by the farmers.
BKU leader Bhog Singh Maansa said that all the producers and consumers are with them, saying “the delegation meeting with the Home Minister this evening will decide the future plan”.
The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh Tikait, earlier made the announcement about the farmers’ unions’ meeting with Shah.