New Delhi, July 25 -- Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), one of Punjab's largest farmers' organisation on Friday announced that it will join the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led students' protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and will begin its march to the national capital on July 27.

"The decision was taken in a meeting that happened late Friday. We believe in what the children are fighting for. Their cause is just and so, to show our solidarity, we have decided to march to the national capital. Right now, we assess, about 500-1000 farmers will be joining the march," Punjab farmer leader Ramandeep Singh Mann told HT.

Mann on X said that the union's members will remain in Delhi until the students' demands are accepted.

The farmers' body ...