(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Amid the farmers continue to squat on tracks at the Shambhu railway station in Punjab's Patiala district for the fifth day, around 73 trains on the Ambala-Amritsar route were cancelled on Sunday, PTI quoted officials as saying to reports, the protestors have been demanding the release of three farmers arrested by the Haryana Police during the ongoing stir inconveniencing passengers, the cancellation of trains over the last five days was causing financial losses, the officials said, adding, they have diverted many trains on 20 April, the railways cancelled 54 trains because of the farmers' protest. The protest has affected the movement of 380 trains in the last three days, causing inconvenience to passengers.
ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Here's why BJP is facing dissent in these states ahead of pollsUnder the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) in Patiala district's Shambhu, the farmers have been protesting on Wednesday, the farmers began their protest for the release of arrested farmers. They began squatting on the tracks on the Ambala Ludhiana-Amritsar route in Shambhu near the Punjab-Haryana border farmers leaders said the protest will continue until the three farmers are released SKM (Non-Political) and the KMM are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' march by farmers seeking the government to accept their demands, that inlcude legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops February 13, the farmers have been staying put at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana after their march was stopped by the security forces 16 April, prominent farmer leader Rakesh Tikait had said that today's BJP is no more just a political party and it has become a front for rich industrialists who are out to grab farmers' lands.“Farmers ka moh-bhang ho gaya hai, lekin wo hataash nahin hain (Farmers are disillusioned but they have not lost hope).With agency inputs.
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