Topic: Punjab

Six human rights organisations in Punjab including Punjab Documentation and Advocacy Project (PDAP), Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), Peoples' Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), Khalra Mission Organisation, Lawyers For Human Rights International ( LFHRI) and Punjab Human Rights Organization (PHRO) have raised deep concern over the disappearances of hundreds of the agitating farmers in Delhi and said "as many as 200 protesters have been detained, while many have been booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Sedition sections in Delhi following the incidents took place at Red Fort on January 26."

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to accept the farmers' demands, saying the new farm laws were "completely wrong".

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sent notices to over a dozen people, including two journalists and farmer leaders in Punjab on Saturday.

The Punjab Cabinet passed a resolution demanding that Minimum support price (MSP) be made a statutory right and urged the Centre to “repeal the farm laws as agriculture is a State Subject under the Constitution of India.

Expressing solidarity with protesting farmers, Lakhminder Singh Jakhar, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Prisons, in Chandigarh, resigned from his post on Saturday.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal took a dig at Narendra Modi government and said unfortunate that Centre's trying to stifle the voices of protesting farmers, instead of listening to them.