Government says no farmer died due to police action during farmers' protests

New Delhi: The Union government on Friday said that no farmer died due to police action during the year-long protests by farmers.

Various farmer groups were protesting against three new farm laws, which have now been scrapped. The year-long protest at the Delhi borders was suspended by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday after the Union government accepted their key pending demands, including withdrawal of police cases against the protesters and on Minimum Support Price (MSP).

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said, "the subject of compensation, etc. To the families of the deceased farmers in the farmers' movement is with the concerned state governments".