Farmer unions protesting against the Centre’s three farm laws have called for a complete Bharat Bandh today. The date marks four months since farmers started their sit-in agitation around Delhi’s borders. The bandh will be observed for 12 hours– from 6 am to 6 pm.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions, has even requested citizens to cooperate during the bandh and make it a success.

“We appeal to the people of the country to make this Bharat Bandh a success and honour their Annadata,” union leader Darshan Pal said, reported PTI.

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According to SKM, only emergency services will be active during the bandh. Road and rail transport will be blocked. All shops and other business establishments will remain closed.

The union has also said that on March 28, copies of the three agricultural laws will be burnt in ‘Holika Dahan’ and on April 5, farmers will ‘gherao’ offices of Food Corporation of India (FCI) across the country from 11 am to 5 pm.

Farmers have been staging protests since November 26 last year on the borders of the national capital against the three contentious farms laws, demanding that they be repealed as several rounds of talks held by the Centre have failed to break the ice.