Two years after they forced the Modi government to take back three farm laws after a year-long protest at Delhi’s borders, Punjab farmer unions are back with a new set of demands that includes a legal guarantee of minimum support price for crops.

The decision to march to Delhi, or Delhi Chalo, was taken after talks in Chandigarh hit a stalemate. An explainer

The 2024 protest is being led by 250 farmers’ unions under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political), a platform of 150 unions.

No, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) is a breakaway faction of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). Jagjit Singh Dallewal, president of the Punjab-based Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Sidhupur farm union, is the leader.

KMM was also not part of the main protest in 2020. It is led by Sarwan Singh Pandher, convener of the Punjab-based union Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC).

Haryana sealed its borders with Punjab on February 8. A massive 12-layer barricade has been erected at the Shambhu Barrier on national highway 1 leading to Delhi, and multiple barricades had been set up at Fatehabad, Khanauri, Dabwali, etc. The Internet has been shut down in several districts.

Rajasthan sealed its borders with Punjab and Haryana on February 11, and imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC in Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh districts.