Farmers' protest live updates: This ideological revolution doesn't run on WhatsApp, says Tikait

We were thus forced to return empty-handed from the border entry point, Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule said. "Fifteen members of Parliament from 10 political parties had gone to the Ghazipur border. But the Delhi Police stopped us from meeting the farmers; we will raise this issue with the Lok Sabha Speaker," she said.

The number of farmers, protesting against farm laws at the Ghazipur border, is expected to witness a massive surge over the next two days. The various Khap Panchayats in western Uttar Pradesh that have been holding meetings in different districts have decided that at least one member from every farmer family will join the protest in Delhi.The farmers will begin moving to the Ghazipur border over the weekend. A BKU leader, who did not wish to be named, said, "Movement to Ghazipur border will not be in groups as police is not allowing farmers to join protests at the border and have barricaded the routes leading to Ghazipur. We are drawing up a strategy which will help us in reaching Ghazipur without inviting police action."

"We're invoking UAPA in FIRs including those in which banned entity 'Sikhs for Justice' is involved, " Solicitor General says.