The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) on Tuesday announced its plans to hold a massive all India farmers’ protests from October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Their decision came a day after Congress workers set a tractor on fire while protesting near India Gate. Meanwhile, the ‘Rail Roko’ agitation by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee against the newly enacted farm laws entered the sixth day on Tuesday.

Members of the committee sat on railway tracks in Devidaspura in Amritsar, wearing black clothes, in protest against the laws. All 31 farmers unions will join in the protest of BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) of gheraoing the corporate businesses.

According to AIKSCC, farmers will hold a protest across India on October 2. All farmers will take a pledge for social boycott of those political leaders and representatives whose parties have not opposed these anti-farmers legislations and for holding village meetings to adopt resolutions on October 2.

The committee has chalked out a month-long protest plans. The Committee also decided to stage a dharna at Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala ‘s residence on October 6. Punjab farmer rights’ associations are using social media to build momentum for the movement against the central laws.

In a related development, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday met farmers’ leaders and assured farmers of all possible legal and other steps to fight the “draconian” new farm laws, including a special session of the Vidhan Sabha to discuss and decide the way forward. Chairing a meeting with representatives of 31 farmers’ unions to take their views on the matter, the Chief Minister said he would be discussing the issue with his legal team later today to finalise the next steps, including challenging the farm laws in the Supreme Court.

On Monday, large-scale protests were held in several states of India including Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana, Gujarat, Goa, Odisha and Tamil Nadu, where the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies, including the Congress, hit the streets. The Congress has also planned to observe October 2 as ‘Kisan-Majdoor Bachao Diwas’ and hold dharnas across India.