Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: The farmers, who have been preparing for the march for several days, have loaded their trailers with dry foodstuff to sustain the protest for long. They have also arranged for ‘langar’ to feed the protesters wherever they camp.
New Delhi: Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are on their way to Delhi on Tuesday morning, riding tractors and earthmovers, to protest against the Centre’s policies on agriculture. They are demanding a law that guarantees a minimum support price (MSP) for their crops, among other things. The farmers are not deterred by the heavy security deployment and barricading on the borders linking Punjab with Haryana. They have vowed to reach the national capital and stage a sit-in protest there indefinitely, if they are stopped by the state governments.
The farmers’ march comes after a five-hour-long meeting with two Union ministers on Monday night failed to break the deadlock. The ministers – Piyush Goyal and Arjun Munda – agreed to some of the farmers’ demands, such as withdrawing the cases against them and giving compensation to the families of those who died during the previous agitation. However, they could not convince the farmers to accept a committee to resolve the issue of MSP.
Farmer Leader Slams Fortification Of Borders
Sarwan Singh Pandher, a farmer leader, expressed his displeasure over the heavy fortification of the Punjab and Haryana borders on Tuesday, in light of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march. He said the state borders have become like “international borders”. He also blamed the Manohar Lal Khattar government for mistreating farmers in Haryana. “Punjab and Haryana do not look like two states. They look like they have become the international border,” Pandher said to reporters in Fatehgarh Sahib district before the farmers’ march to Delhi.
“We produce foodgrains and we nourish the country and they have planted a crop of nails” for us,” Pandher said while pointing to the elaborate measures taken by the Haryana authorities to stop farmers from reaching the national capital.
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