Photo Story: How Farmer Unions Protested Across the Nation

Demonstrators burn various items as they block NH-12 during a protest in support of the nationwide strike, called by farmers to press for the repeal of the Centre’s farm laws, in Nadia, West Bengal.

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Farmer Unions across the nation observed ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Tuesday, 8 December, to press for the repeal of the central government's newly passed farm laws.

Several states across the country participated in the farmers' strike.

Women protesters at the Tikri Border.(Image: The Quint)

Children participating in the farmers’ protest at the Tikri border.(Image: The Quint)

Heavy police force deployed at the Singhu border, (Image: The Quint)

Farmers’ sit-in protest at the Tikri border.(Image: The Quint)

Protesters burn tyres in Bihar’s Begusarai district.(Image: Accessed by The Quint)

Security personnel stand guard at the Singhu border. (Image:PTI /Ravi Choudhary)

Demonstrators burn various items as they block NH-12 during a protest in Nadia, West Bengal.(Image: PTI)

Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) activists participate in a rally in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)

Jan Adhikar Party Chief Pappu Yadav raises slogans during a protest in Patna.(Image: PTI)

Police stand guard as Samjwadi Party (SP) workers stage a Rail Roko demonstration in support of the nationwide strike, in Prayagraj.(Image: PTI)

A crowd at Azadpur vegetable market amid the nationwide strike, in New Delhi.(Image: PTI)

Police attempt to stop members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance political parties and various other organisations during a protest, in Chennai.(Image: PTI)

Communist Party of India (CPI) activists participate in a rally at Lalbaug in Mumbai.(Image: PTI)