The farmers protest still continues on Friday. According to the farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, a ‘jatha’ of 101 farmers moved towards the national capital from the Shambhu Border at 1:00 pm. Security in the required places has been heightened in order to ensure that traffic doesn’t get affected.
A ‘jatha’, named ’Marjeevda Jatha’ of 101 farmers moved on a march to Delhi at 1 pm on Friday from the Shambhu border protest site, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher has said. While addressing a press conference, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said, “The jatha will march towards Delhi. What the government will do, it is for them to think. We will begin our march towards Delhi at 1 pm from the Shambhu border.”
On asking what he would do if the government stopped them from holding the march, He said that it would be a ‘moral victory’ for them. He added, “Their leaders at the Centre and in states have been regularly saying that if the farmers do not bring tractor-trolleys, there should be no objection. So if we go to Delhi on foot, there should be no reason to stop the farmers”.
Ahead of the farmers’ march to Delhi scheduled for Friday, security has been tightened at the Shambhu border on NH-44, with both Haryana and Punjab police deploying major resources to manage the swelling crowds of protesters. On Thursday, Haryana police reinforced the barricades near the border, adding three new layers, including a wire mesh and movable traffic barriers, to the extensive seven-layer setup featuring walls, iron nails, and barbed wire. A tent was also erected as part of the preparations.
At least 34 farmers were arrested who were going from zero point to Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida, to hold a protest without taking permission, police officials said on Thursday. Noida Police said, “34 farmers were detained late night, who were going from zero point to Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida, to hold protest without taking permission. After taking into custody, they were sent to jail”.
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