Delhi Under Fortress-Like Security Cover As Protesting Farmers Firm on Marching to Capital

New Delhi: As the meeting of farmers’ leaders with the Union ministers did not bring in any conclusive results, the protesting farmers from Punjab have decided not to back out from their plan of marching to Delhi on Tuesday.

The Delhi Police have initiated every possible step to stop the farmers’ march from entering Delhi. Heavy police deployment has been made at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders. The police have imposed a month-long ban on public meetings and tractors and trolleys entering the city. Added to it, internet services have been stopped in these areas.

Prohibitory orders banning large gatherings have been declared in these areas. The roads leading to Delhi have been barricaded with concrete blocks and barbed wire. The movement of commercial vehicles has been stopped.

The leaders of agitating farmers met with Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda in Chandigarh. The meeting continued almost till midnight.

After 11 pm, the two sides came to an agreement on repealing the Electricity Act 2020, compensation to farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, and the withdrawal of cases against farmers during the farmers’ movement.

But the impasse continued on the three key demands — enactment of a law to guarantee a Minimum Support Price for all crops, farmer loan waiver and the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations.

After the meeting, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee’s Sarwan Singh Pandher said the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march is on.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha had announced the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march. The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha has the allegiance of more than 250 farmers’ unions, and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha is an association of another 150 farmers’ unions.