NEW DELHI, 20 December, 2020, (TON): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a surprise visit to a Sikh temple Gurudwara Rakabganj in the national capital when the sikh community is leading a massive farmers protest against the new agricultural reforms.

During the protests against the three laws, at least 25 people have died. Law was approved by Parliament in September so far, police said; several deaths were due to the biting cold weather.

Modi, whose security detail often keeps him far from the general public, offered prayers during his visit to the Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib on Sunday and interacted with Sikh religious leaders there and obliged visitors seeking to take pictures with him.

Guru Tegh Bahadur’s death anniversary was observed on Saturday.

Tens of thousands of protesting farmers, mainly from Sikh-dominated Punjab and neighbouring Haryana have camped near the border of New Delhi since November 27 to protest the new laws, blocking most of the entry points to the national capital.

The farmers have said they will not return home until the laws are repealed.           

The protesters have repeatedly rebuffed Modi and his ministers’ attempts to reach a compromise, in what has become the biggest challenge from the country’s farmers in his six-year rule. As the issue remained deadlocked with both sides sticking to their respective positions.