new delhi to mark completion of four months of their agitation against the three central farm laws the protesting farmers on wednesday gave a call for bharat bandh on march 26 the farmers will observe mandi bachao kheti bachao on march 19meanwhile bharatiya kisan union leader rakesh tikait said he would visit west bengal which is going to polls later this week and appeal to the farmers to defeat the bjphere are the key developments of the day1 farmer unions called for a bharat bandh on march 26 when their protest at delhis borders against the centres three new farm laws completes four months farmer leader buta singh burjgill said farmers along with trade unions will protest the hike in fuel prices and privatisation of railways on march 15 we will observe a complete bharat bandh on march 26 when our protest against the three farm laws completes four months the peaceful bandh will remain effective from morning till evening he told reporters at the singhu border on march 19 the farmers will observe mandi bachaokheti bachao day he said the farmer unions have also decided to celebrate shaheedi divas of bhagat singh rajguru and sukhdev burjgill added farmers leaders also said that copies of the new farm laws will be burnt during holika dahan on march 282 bku leader rakesh tikait said he will go to kolkata this week to urge farmers to defeat the bjp in the west bengal assembly elections but claimed he is not supporting any political party farmers are distressed and election will be discussed with them tikait said adding that he is not going to west bengal to seek votes i will go to kolkata on march 13 the clarion call for a decisive struggle will come from kolkata we will talk to farmers there and urge them to defeat the bjp the bku leader said he was in ballia to address a kisan mahapanchayat replying to a query if he would meet west bengal chief minister mamata banerjee tikait said there was no such programme the farmer leader said a call has already been made to defeat the bjp in the five assembly elections scheduled to begin from march 27 but asserted that he would not support any political party3 the delhi police has strengthened security along the delhiuttar pradesh border to prevent any possible repeat of the violence that broke out during the farmers tractor parade on january 26 union minister of state for home g kishan reddy said the ministers written reply in the rajya sabha came in response to a question from aap member narain dass gupta on whether nails were fixed on the road at the farmers protest site near the delhiuttar pradesh border reddy said the delhi police has informed that on january 26 the samyukt kisan morcha broke the barricades in violation of permission granted for taking out kisan tractor parade on a mutually accepted route and it proceeded towards central delhi despite being stopped at other