The death of a young farmer in clashes with security forces at the interstate border of Punjab and Haryana appears to have galvanised the farmers’ protest, with Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) set to join the agitation by observing a ‘Black Friday’ today. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said that the SKM will also hold a tractor march on highways towards the national capital. The coalition of over forty Indian farmers’ unions formed in 2020 to coordinate satyagragh against now-repealed three farm acts has stayed away from the fresh agitation.