Protesting farmers burn copies of Centre's farm laws

Protesting farmers burnt copies of the contentious farm laws to mark the festival of Lohri on Wednesday. It comes a day after the farmer unions announced that they would not appear before the committee formed by the Supreme Court to resolve the deadlock over the contentious farm laws. Lohri is widely celebrated in Punjab and Haryana to mark the harvesting of Rabi crops. People traditionally celebrate it by circling around bonfires, throwing food items like peanuts, puffed rice, popcorn, etc. into the fire on the festive food.