Dilli Chalo | Will look at alternative routes if Haryana continues to deny entry, say farmers
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“The way we are being stopped from reaching Delhi, it seems Punjab and its people are not citizens of India,” they say
Undeterred by the winter chill and rain within the area, farmers from completely different components of Punjab on Thursday continued to assemble in giant numbers within the border areas, as they have been denied entry into Haryana.
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Farmers below the banners of various teams have been seen travelling on tractor-trolleys to take part within the proposed ‘Dilli Chalo’ march in opposition to the Centre’s agriculture legal guidelines. The name for the march, slated for November 26 and 27, was given by the All-India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh and factions of the Bharatiya Kisan Union.
As the Haryana authorities imposed restrictions on the motion of farmers on key nationwide and State highways, the protesting farmers at the moment are considering taking alternative roads to attain the nationwide capital.
Farmers have assembled in big numbers close to the Punjab-Haryana border areas, together with Lalru (Chandigarh-Delhi Highway), Shambhu (Amritsar-Delhi Highway), Patiala-Pehowa, Patiala-Chika, Patran-Khanauri, Munak-Tohana, Ratia-Fatehabad and Talwandi-Sirsa, from the place they intend to proceed to Delhi by way of Haryana. Farmer leaders mentioned that if they have been denied entry into Haryana, they might attain Delhi from alternative routes. Besides, they introduced a sit-in protest at the border areas.
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“We [farmers] have gathered in the border areas as we are not being allowed to enter Haryana, which is unfortunate and condemnable. We are opposing the Centre’s farm laws. If the Haryana government does not allow us to go, we will undertake a sit-in protest for at least a week in the border areas,” mentioned Jagmohan Singh, basic secretary, Bhartaiya Kisan Union (Dakaunda).
Another farmer chief mentioned that if the Haryana authorities continued to be adamant on not permitting farmers from Punjab to enter the State, roads main to Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh can be blocked. “The way we are being stopped from reaching Delhi, it seems Punjab and its people are not citizens of India. Barbed wires have been put up at many places at the Haryana border, which gives an impression that it’s Attari-Wagah border,” Nirbhay Singh, senior chief of Kirti Kisan Union instructed The Puucho.
“We will also try to reach Delhi through alternative routes if the Haryana government does not allow us entry,” he added.
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