Stating that they have not got any response from the Centre for talks over their demands till Saturday evening, the farmer leaders said they would resume their “Delhi Chalo’’ protest foot-march to press for their demands on Sunday.
Stating that they have not got any response from the Centre for talks over their demands till Saturday evening, the farmer leaders said they would resume their “Delhi Chalo’’ protest foot-march to press for their demands on Sunday.
Addressing newspersons, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that since they have not received any message from the Centre for holding the talks over their demands, the farmers have decided to resume their “Delhi chalo’’ protest foot-march – under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha – with 101 farmers, on December 8 in a peaceful manner.
#WATCH | At the Shambhu border, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher says, “Why are farmers being treated with brutality?… Taking cognisance of the whole situation, tomorrow at noon, a group of 101 will depart for Delhi. Our hunger strike has entered its 12th day… Our group… pic.twitter.com/4FqpLU8cEU
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2024
It may be recalled that the farmers had on Friday halted their protest foot-march for the day after several farmers got injured in the teargas shelling by Haryana police at Shambhu border. Pandher said that the farmers “jatha’’ (group) had been called off, not the protest march to Delhi and that they would wait till Saturday for talks with the government, else, a `jatha’ of 101 farmers would again march towards Delhi on December 8 at noon.
As announced, the farmers group had on started their foot-march on Friday from their protest site at the Shambhu border (of Punjab and Haryana) on the Amritsar-Delhi national highway (NH-44) but was stopped by the Haryana police and paramilitary forces a few meters short of multi-layered barricading erected by Haryana authorities, following which the Haryana police and Central forces had rained teargas shells leaving several protesters injured.
#WATCH | Drone visuals from the Haryana-Punjab Shambhu Border where the farmers are protesting over various demands.
According to farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, a ‘Jattha’ of 101 farmers will march towards Delhi on 8 December at 12 noon. pic.twitter.com/xHEkyo9aMX
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2024