Amritsar (Punjab) [India], March 10 (HBTV): Seeking to intensify their ongoing protest over a raft of demands, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Sunday said the farmers' unions will stage 'Rail Roko' (Hindi for ‘stop trains’) protest across the country on Sunday. 

The call for the 'rail roko' protest, which will be held between 12 noon and 4 pm, comes amid the farmer's 'Delhi Chalo' (Hindi for ‘March to Delhi’) protest. 

Sharing the details of the agitation, the general secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Pandher, said "As part of the agitation that started on the Punjab-Haryana border on February 13, we have called for a 'Rail Roko' across the country today."   

The farmers’ leader urged farmers, laborers, and the common people across the country to support the protestors in the Rail Roko program ‘in large numbers.’ He urged those who are scheduled to travel on trains between 12 noon and 4 pm today to ‘push back their journey by a few hours today.’   

Train passengers might face some inconvenience today but this is only a partial 'Rail Roko', Pandher told ANI on Sunday. 

As part of the protest, he said, hundreds of farmers will sit on railway tracks at several places. 

The protesting farmers have been staying put at the Shambhu and the Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana after their 'Delhi Chalo' march was stopped by security personnel on February 13.  

The protesting farmers have put forward a raft of demands before the Centre, including a legal guarantee to Minimum Support Price (MSP) on their produce; withdrawal of police cases against them during previous protests; pensions for farmers and farm laborers; debt waivers; and not hiking electricity tariff. 

During the previous round of talks with the farmers, which concluded past midnight on February 18, the panel of three Union ministers made an offer to buy five crops namely moong dal, urad dal, tur dal, maize, and cotton from the farmers at MSP for five years through central agencies. 

However, the protesting farmers turned down the offer and returned to their protest sites.     

(ANI) This is s syndicated newsfeed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.