Thousands of paramilitary and police personnel in riot gear behind a number of layers of steel boundaries with barbed wires and spikes guarded the state borders to halt the proposed “Dilli Chalo” march of cultivators to the Capital on Tuesday, at the same time as farmer leaders had been detained in Madhya Pradesh to cease them from becoming a member of the agitation.
Traffic at Derabassi – Ambala Highway resulting from diversions forward of the farmers’ march on Tuesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT picture)
Protracted talks between Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityanand Rai, Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and protesting farmers resulted in an deadlock on Monday night time, with spokespersons of farmers organisations confirming the march will proceed. Farmers will now head for Delhi from their respective states at 10am on Tuesday, protesters stated after the assembly, which ended after 11pm on Monday.
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Different farm our bodies referred to as for the march demanding a nationwide regulation on minimal help costs (the worth at which the federal government buys foodgrain from farmers), withdrawal of all instances registered throughout 2020-21 farmers’ protest round Delhi and a month-to-month pension of ₹10,000 for farmers above 60 years of age. At least 15 farmer unions are taking part within the march. Some different farmer collectives have referred to as for a Bharat Bandh on February 16.
By Monday afternoon, Haryana had deployed 1000’s of paramilitary personnel together with the state police to cope with what was dubbed as “Dilli Chalo 2.0”. Prohibitory orders had been imposed in 16 out of twenty-two districts by Monday morning. Internet was suspended in seven districts until Tuesday midnight. Some district directors additionally ordered gasoline pump house owners to not fill greater than 10 litres of diesel in tractors and instructed them to not promote gasoline in open drums.
Haryana police have warned farmers that their passports can be cancelled and tractors could be impounded with their registration cancelled in the event that they joined the protest.
Across Haryana on the areas that shares borders with Punjab and Delhi, authorities have put in place a number of layers of steel and jersey boundaries, barbed wires, spikes, tear gasoline shells, sandbags, drones and CCTV cameras.
Unlike in 2020, when the farmers protested in opposition to three agricultural legal guidelines below the banner of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), no distinguished organisations from Haryana are a part of the agitation this time. Gurnam Singh Charuni, head of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni) who was a distinguished face of the earlier stir, shouldn’t be a part of the protest this time. Neither is the Naresh Tikait-led Bharatiya Kisan Union that has followers within the sugarcane rising belt within the north. The protests are being led below the banner of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (Apolitical) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, together with a number of breakaway factions of mainstream farmer our bodies in Haryana and Punjab. Police in Madhya Pradesh detained farmer leaders on their option to take part within the protest in Delhi on Tuesday. Farmers from Karnataka on their option to take part within the protest had been disembarked at Bhopal railway station on Sunday night time and detained below part 151 of the Indian Penal Code.
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“All the farmers are safe and secure. They were not arrested. They are staying in a marriage hall where they are being provided all the food and other facilities,” Ramji Shrivastava, deputy commissioner of police, Bhopal, stated
Karnataka chief minister Siddramaiah slammed the detention of farmer leaders from the state in Madhya Pradesh, saying the transfer confirmed the anti-farmer angle of the BJP. “I demand the MP government to immediately release all the farmers who have been arrested,” he stated in a publish on X.
In Madhya Pradesh, Aam Kisan Union chief Ram Inaniya was detained from Narmadapuram, and Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Shivkumar Sharma and president Anil Yadav had been detained in Bhopal. In a Whatsapp message, Yadav stated he was despatched to jail on Sunday night time and police had saved Sharma at some undisclosed location.
“No arrest has been made so far and police are just talking to them as section 144 has been imposed in Delhi. To maintain law and order, they can’t be allowed to go there,” stated Awadesh Goswami, deputy commissioner of police, Bhopal.
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In Uttar Pradesh, district administrations in Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Baghpat issued prohibitory orders. Rajasthan imposed curfew within the three districts of Sriganganagar, Anupgarh and Hanumangarh bordering Punjab and Haryana. “Our teams are keeping a close eye on areas such as Alwar and Bharatpur (which share borders with Uttar Pradesh and Haryana). Necessary action will be taken if any violation is reported,” stated Vishal Bansal, Rajasthan’s further director normal of police, regulation and order.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
