The Delhi Protest of Punjab-Haryana farmers is getting violent in protest against the new agricultural laws brought by the central government. Haryana has border seals adjoining Punjab and farmers have gathered at Ambala’s Shambhu border. Farmers are ready to travel to Delhi with ration, water, diesel, essential goods and medicines in thousands of tractor trolleys from Punjab.
When the police stopped the Ambala-Kurukshetra National Highway to stop the farmers, the farmers got angry and lifted the barricades and threw them down from the flyover. The protesters have also started throwing stones.
#WATCH Farmers’ protest continues at Shambhu border, near Ambala (Haryana) as police stop them from proceeding to Delhi pic.twitter.com/UtssadGKpU
– ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2020
The Haryana Police used water cannons and used tear gas to disperse a group of farmers in Punjab. Farmers were allegedly trying to enter Haryana by entering the police blockers under the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march.
#WATCH | Security personnel use fire tear gas shells to disperse a crowd of farmers gathered at the Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab, to protest the farm laws pic.twitter.com/11NfwLcEQZ
– ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2020
Let us know that about 500 different organizations of the country have formed a joint Kisan Morcha, under whose leadership the farmers are traveling to Delhi on 26 and 27 November. Various sections of the ‘All-India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee’, Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh and Bhartiya Kisan Union have called for ‘Delhi Chalo’ to pressurize the Center to withdraw the recent three agricultural laws. Farmers’ organizations have said that wherever they are stopped going to the national capital, they will sit on dharna wherever they are stopped.
The situation remains tense on the Shambhu inter-state border on the national highway. The farmers threw the police barricade in the Ghaggar river. Many farmers were also seen carrying black flags in their hands. “It is reprehensible that the Haryana Police is taking such measures to stop the protesters gathered in a peaceful manner,” says a farmer. We were protesting in a peaceful manner, but they wanted to stop us from exercising our democratic right to protest. “Earlier, a group of farmers tried to cross the block in Mohra village in Ambala and there too The police used water splashes to stop them.
Delhi Police rejected the requests of farmers
Haryana has completely sealed all its borders with Punjab on Thursday. The boundaries will remain sealed on 27 November. At the same time, Delhi Police said on Wednesday that it has rejected all requests from various farmer organizations to protest in the national capital against the new agricultural laws of the Center and the city for any kind of mobilization between the COVID-19 epidemic. On arrival, legal action will be taken against the protesting farmers.
In view of the farmers’ movement, services of the Delhi Metro have been disrupted. Metro service to the cities of neighboring states has been suspended till 2 pm so that the metro does not get congested and farmers cannot reach Delhi. Delhi Metro has given information about it by tweeting.
Negotiations between Punjab farmers and Center on 3 December
The central government has called the farmers of Punjab, who are opposing the agricultural laws, for a second round of talks on December 3. The Center has now invited the unions for ministerial talks. Earlier, the farmer leaders of Punjab had announced the withdrawal of their ‘Stop the Rail’ movement on Monday, stipulating another ministerial meeting. After this, farmers have withdrawn their nearly two-month rail roko movement, opening the way for goods trains only.
Farmers of Punjab are demanding removal of new agricultural laws and new laws in their place. Farmers say that new laws should be brought after extensive consultation with all stakeholders. Apart from this, farmers also want a guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP) front. They fear that the MSP may be abolished by these laws, although the Center has dismissed this fear.
Source: www.financialexpress.com