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b'The 2020\\u20132021 Indian farmers\' protest is an ongoing protest against three farm acts Farmer unions and their representatives have demanded that the laws be repealed and will not accept anything short of it.[9][10][11][12] Farmer leaders have rejected a Supreme Court of India stay order on the farm laws as well as the involvement of a Supreme Court appointed committee.[13] Farmer leaders have also rejected a government proposal, dated 21 January 2021, of suspending the laws for 18 months.[14] Eleven rounds of talks have taken place between the central government and farmers represented by the farm unions between 14 October 2020 and 22 January 2021; all were inconclusive.[15][14] On 3 February, farmer leaders warned of escalating the protest to overthrowing the government if the farm laws were not repealed.[16][17]\\n\\nThe acts, often called the Farm Bills,[18] have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions,[19][20] and politicians from the opposition also say it would leave farmers at the "mercy of corporates".[21][22] The farmers have also demanded for a creation of an MSP bill, to ensure that corporates can not control prices. The government, however, maintains that they will make it effortless for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, and stated that the protests are based on misinformation.[23][24][25]\\n\\nSoon after the acts were introduced, unions began holding local protests, mostly in Punjab. After two months of protests, farmer unions\\u2014notably from Punjab and Haryana\\u2014began a movement named Dilhi Chalo (transl.\\u2009Let\'s go to Delhi), in which tens of thousands of farming union members marched towards the nation\'s capital. The Indian government ordered the police and law enforcement of various states to attack the farmer unions using water cannons, batons, and tear gas to prevent the farmer unions from entering into Haryana first and then Delhi. On 26 November a nationwide general strike that trade unions claim involved approximately 250 million people took place in support of the farmer unions.[26] On 30 November, it was estimated that between 200,000 and 300,000 farmers were converging at various border points on the way to Delhi.[27]\\n\\nA section of farmer unions have been protesting, whereas the Indian Government claims some unions have come out in support of the farm laws.[28][29] Transport unions representing over 14 million trucker drivers have come out in support of the farmer unions, threatening to halt movement of supplies in certain states.[30] After the government did not accept the farmer unions\' demands during talks on 4 December, the farmer unions planned to escalate the action to another India-wide strike on 8 December 2020. The government offered some amendments in laws, but unions are asking to repeal the laws.[31] From 12 December, farmer unions took over highway toll plazas in Haryana and allowed free movement of vehicles.[32] On 30 December, the Indian Government agreed to two of the farmers\' demands; excluding farmers from laws curbing stubble burning and dropping amendments to the new Electricity Ordinance.[39]\\n\\nOn 26 January, tens of thousands of the farmers protesting against the agricultural reforms held a farmer\'s parade with a large convoy of tractors and drove into Delhi. The protesters deviated from the pre-sanctioned routes permitted by the Delhi Police.[40][41][42][43] The tractor rally turned into a violent protest at certain as the protesting farmers drove through the barricades and clashed with the police.[44] Later protesters reached Red Fort and installed farmer union flags and religious flags on the mast on the rampart of the Red Fort.'