New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday spoke to farmers protesting in Delhi against the Centre’s new agriculture laws and assured them that her party stands by them.A five-member delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs, comprising Derek O’Brien, Satabdi Roy, Prasun Banerjee, Pratima Mondal and Md Nadimul Haque, also met the farmers there to support their protest against the new farm laws.“Our party supremo spoke to protesting farmers over the phone. Some of them requested her to visit the ‘dharna’ sites. She assured them that the party supports their demand,” a TMC leader told PTI.“Please come & join our dharna it will give us more strength” said a farmer on the phone to @MamataOfficial. A 5 member delegation of @AITCofficial MPs visited Singhu border again to express solidarity with protesting farmers. Bengal CM spoke to multiple groups #KisanDiwasVIDEO pic.twitter.com/p4Kv7q2tAF— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 23, 2020Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, have been protesting against the Centre’s contentious new laws for over four weeks at various border points of Delhi and demanding that the laws be repealed.They were on a day-long ‘relay’ hunger strike on Monday at all sites of protest on Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.Banerjee also posted a comment on her social media about ‘National Farmers’ Day’ on December 23. In addition to promoting schemes introduced by her government in West Bengal, Banerjee reiterated her party’s disagreement with the new farm laws.#NationalFarmersDay pic.twitter.com/Qe9I4p6klo— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) December 23, 2020Earlier this month, the ruling party in West Bengal had sent a delegation there and Banerjee also interacted with the agitating farmers. “This is not only your movement; it is a movement of people and movement of the entire country. We are ready to provide with all support from Bengal. If you want then our people can also join the protest,” she had said then.(With PTI inputs)