A delegation of agitating farmers met senior government officials at the Krishi Bhawan for talks, following which they decided to call off the protest temporarily.
Thousands of agitating farmers from Uttar Pradesh, who arrived in the national capital on Saturday to protest, suspended their agitation after the government accepted five of 15 key demands.
The protestors, who marched to Delhi under the umbrella of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, were demanding loan waiver, settlement of dues for sugarcane crop and free electricity for farming among other things.
A delegation of agitating farmers met senior government officials at the Krishi Bhawan for talks, following which they decided to call off the protest temporarily.
"Government agreed to five of our fifteen demands. The agitation has not been called off, it is just a temporary arrangement, we will meet Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) after 10 days for the remaining demands," Puran Singh, president of the Bhartiya Kisan Sangathan, said.
"If they (government) agree to all of our demands we will call off the agitation and if not, we will start an agitation from Saharanpur again," Singh warned.
Earlier, farmers began their march at 6 AM on Saturday from Noida Sector-69 to Delhi's Kisan Ghat - the memorial of former Prime Minister and Kisan leader Choudhary Charan Singh near Raj Ghat.
Farmers from various district of UP, mostly from the Western part, had been putting up at Sector-69 in Noida. Their march had started from Saharanpur on September 11 and was expected to converge at the Kisan Ghat.
Waiver of all loans on farmers, payment of all sugarcane crop dues within 14 days, implementation of all suggestions of the Swaminathan Committee report, free health and education for all, a High Court bench in Western Uttar Pradesh, an audit of the power companies by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, an end to the pension of the MPs and MLAs, and a ban on pollution of rivers and punishment for those responsible were some of the key demands of the farmers.
"After negotiations between Agriculture Ministry officials and farmers failed, we are left with the only option now that is to march to Delhi to draw attention towards our demand. We will leave from here tomorrow morning, on our tractors," Puran Singh had said on Friday.
They had also warned of a hunger strike at Kisan Ghat if their demands were not accepted.
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