Patiala, February 19

Farmer leaders on Monday arrived in Rajpura in Patiala district to discuss the government offer and announce their future strategy.

After the fourth round of talks between the Union ministers and farmer leaders in Chandigarh on Sunday night, the government had offered to buy five crops on MSP.

It had given the farmers time till Monday morning to discuss the proposal among their colleagues and get back to it.

The crops which the government has proposed to buy on assured MSP are three pulses ndash; arhar, tur and urad ndash; besides cotton and maize.