Thousands of farmers on the march in protest over minimum food prices

Trade union members and farmers protest at new agriculture laws in Jammu (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Farmers blocked highways and held demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India on Friday to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens of thousands to march toward the capital in tractors and wagons.

Farmers in the northern states of Haryana and Punjab held sit-ins near toll plazas on major highways in the strike, supported by some trade unions.