Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Nityanand Rai, and Arjun Munda held a meeting with farmer leaders in Chandigarh on Thursday in connection with the ongoing protest to push for a host of demands. A number of farmer bodies have called for a march towards Delhi on February 13, stating that their long-standing demands have not been met by the Centre.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who was also present in the meeting, informed that an agreement was reached on multiple issues and was hopeful that another meeting will be held soon. "An agreement was reached over a lot of demands. These included the withdrawal of cases filed against farmers during an earlier agitation. There is scope for another meeting as well. Farmer organisations, too, said that they would hold discussions with each other," the Punjab Chief Minister told reporters in Chandigarh.