![]() The provincial civil service union said over 50,000 government employees took “casual leave” this week to show their support for the striking farmers. ![]() TOI noted that other unions are providing support to the farmers, along with many public officials in Punjab. Demonstrators used their tractors, trucks, and farm equipment to block roads and waved placards denouncing India’s governing party, the BJP. ![]() The Times of India (TOI) reported that protests on Tuesday in Punjab and Haryana shut down public transportation, gas stations, toll plazas, wholesale markets, retail shops, and national highways. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) Protesters holding posters argue with policemen while blocking a highway during a nationwide general strike called by farmers to protest against the recent agricultural reforms in Mumbai on December 8, 2020.
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