New Delhi, Dec 6 (TIWN) Farmer representatives from around 40 unions on Sunday requested a "peaceful Bharat Bandh" on December 8 and announced that weddings would be exempted from the nationwide protest.

Baldev Singh Nihal, Ashok Dhanvle, Tenjinder Virk, Comrade BV and Yogendra Yadav announced the move after a day-long meeting held to chalk out plan for the 'Bharat Bandh', a move to raise their voice against the Centre's three contentious farm laws enacted in September during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.