At the latest, the Haryana government suspends telecom services till February 17 and Police put iron nails on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway. ‘Two trains have been cancelled in the division and six trains have been diverted to run via the Ludhiana-Sahnewal-Chandigarh route and two have been sort terminated in view of Rail Roko in Punjab”, said Naveen Kumar, senior divisional commercial manager.
A team of Union Ministers will hold a meeting with farmer leaders on the evening of Thursday, Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said. The meeting will be held with Union ministers Arjun Munda, Piyush Goyal, and Nityanand Rai, the farmer leader said.
Orders have been placed for more than 30,000 tear gas shells by the Delhi Police, as the Delhi Police force prepare to prevent Punjab farmers from entering the national capital under their ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest.
Over, hundreds of farmers marching from Punjab have been stopped at the state’s border with Haryana near Ambala, about 200 kilometres away from Delhi.
‘Raising demands and going to Delhi is everyone’s right but the motive has to be seen. We have seen all of this in 2023, how a scene was created and they occupied many borders which created problems for everyone. We have an objection to the way they are protesting. Tractor is not a mode of transport, they can come on buses or trains. Discussions should be done democratically so that a solution can be reached’, said Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar.
Centre opposes farmers’ letter to UN Secretary-General. The government says, ‘Letter to UN Secretary-General must be withdrawn’. The Government is hopeful of positive outcome from physical talks with farmers this evening.
Centre opposes farmers’ letter to UN Secretary-General. Letter to UN Secretary General must be withdrawn, says the government. Government hopes to have positive outcomes from physical talks with farmers which will take place this evening.
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