Amid the ongoing farmers’ protests, senior Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Arjun Munda, on Wednesday held discussions on ways to address the issues raised by the farmers while another round of talk is likely to be held on Thursday.
On the other hand, chaos erupted at Haryana’s Shambu border after security personnel lobbed tear gas shells on protesting farmers on the second day of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march. The police action came whenever any group of the protesting farmers tried to move towards the barricades.
The farmers stayed put at the Data Singhwala-Khanauri border in Haryana’s Jind district as the police sealed the border with barricades to stop the farmers from travelling to Delhi on their tractor-trolleys. The farmers were also carrying water bottles and wet clothes to limit the impact of the tear gas shells.
Top Points On Farmers Protest
- Senior Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal and Arjun Munda, on Wednesday held discussions on the ongoing farmers’ protests.
- Haryana police used tear gas shells on farmers from Punjab at the Shambhu border and sealed the border with barricades to stop the farmers from travelling to Delhi.
- Bharatiya Kisan Union-Ugrahan (BKU-Ugrahan) on Wednesday announced that farmers will block the railway tracks in Punjab tomorrow from 12 pm to 4 pm
- The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), along with central trade unions have called for a Gramin Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) on February 16.
- Section 144 is imposed in 15 districts of Haryana, 64 companies of paramilitary force and 50 companies of the state police are deployed.
- A few youths even flew kites at the Singhu border to bring the drone down by entangling the unmanned aerial vehicle in the kite strings.
- The RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) on Wednesday said that it does not support the farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ march calling it “political.”
- The Punjab government on Wednesday will bear the cost of treatment expenses to be incurred on injured persons during the ongoing farmers’ protest.
- Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday clarified that political parties participating in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest are not a part of their movement.
- At the Tikri border, the Delhi Police installed an iron platform under the metro line to install loudspeakers and mast lights.
Delhi Chalo March: What Protesting Farmers Are Demanding?
Farmers demanding a law on minimum support price began marching towards Delhi after a meeting with a team of Union ministers over their demands remained inconclusive.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha said the farmers will head to Delhi to press the Centre to accept their demands. The farmers are also calling for the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waiver, withdrawal of police cases and “justice” for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence among others.
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