The farmers’ protest against the three recently-enacted farm laws is set to intensify as about 2,000 women are expected to join the agitation at Delhi’s border points, according to PTI. In the coming days, women from the families of those protesting at the Singhu border are likely to join the agitation.

Farmer leaders said they were making arrangements for the women coming from different parts of Punjab.

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Tents are being put up, separate langar is being planned, and extra temporary toilets are being arranged, they added, PTI reported.

Farmers are protesting since November 26 against the three agri laws that were passed in September during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. They’ve expressed apprehension that the laws would pave the way for the dismantling of the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the “mercy” of big corporations.

They’ve had several rounds of talks with the Centre that were inconclusive. 

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The government has maintained that the new laws will bring farmers better opportunities and usher in new technologies in agriculture.

Meanwhile, the farmers from different states are camping at Delhi’s Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur border points to demand a repeal of the farm laws.