President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave assent to the three bills passed in parliament last Sunday, that have triggered farmers' protest especially in Punjab and Haryana.The Punjab Youth Congress live-streamed this morning's protest at India Gate on its official Facebook page. Punjab Youth Congress workers had allegedly tried to set a tractor on fire in Haryana's Ambala on September 20."Congress workers brought a tractor on a truck and set it on fire near India Gate. This is the drama of the Congress. This is why people voted the Congress out of power," Union Minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted in Hindi.Protests by farmers against the three farm laws continued on Sunday, with farmers in Punjab sitting on the Amritsar-Delhi railway track. Farmers, under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, have been staging a sit-in on the rail track in Punjab since last Wednesday.In Karnataka, farmers groups have called for a state-wide bandh or a shutdown today against the three farm-related bills clears in parliament and two passed by the state assembly on Saturday. The bandh has been supported by the Congress, which is in opposition in Karnataka.#WATCH: Punjab Youth Congress workers stage a protest against the farm laws near India Gate in Delhi. A tractor was also set ablaze. pic.twitter.com/iA5z6WLGXR
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