Union ministers held a fourth round of talks with farmer leaders over their demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Arjun Munda, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, and Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai also joined the talk.

Protesting farmers from Punjab have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri points on the state's border with Haryana since February 13 when their 'Delhi Chalo' march was halted by police.

The suspension of internet services has been extended in certain areas in some Punjab districts after Haryana also extended the ban on mobile internet and bulk SMS services in seven districts till Feb 19.

The Union ministers and farmer leaders had met earlier on February 8, 12, and 15 but the talks remained inconclusive

Apart from MSP, the farmers are demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations, pension for farmers, and farm laborers, farm debt waiver, no hike in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases, and justice for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation to the families of the farmers who died during a previous agitation in 2020-21.

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said that The government should find a solution to our demands before the Model Code of Conduct comes into force.

Ahead of the fourth round of talks, the SKM announced that it will gherao the residences of BJP leaders in Punjab for three days from Tuesday

The call for the march was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to press their demands.

After a meeting of SKM leaders in Ludhiana, Rajewal said it has also been decided that they would protest at all toll barriers in the state and make them free for all commuters from February 20 to 22.