Farmers will march to Delhi from November 26 to 27 from 5 highways to protest against agricultural laws (archive)
Chandigarh:
Haryana police issued a travel warning, asking travelers to avoid certain national roads along the state border with Punjab and Delhi for three days, starting tomorrow, in view of the protest of farmers’ Dilli Chalo ‘of November 26 and 27.
Roadblocks have been established in accordance with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattra’s directive to ensure “law and order” due to the march of farmers, Haryana police said.
“The protest (farmers) organizations have specifically called for them to gather in Ambala, Bhiwani, Karnal, Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar and Sonipat (before heading to Delhi) … blockades will be created to guarantee law and order … all citizens are informed so that they can plan and modify their trip and avoid any inconvenience “, reads the statement from the Haryana Police.
“Roadblocks or detours would be created at various road entry points from Punjab to Haryana; on four main national highways leading to Delhi – from Ambala, Hisar, Rewari and Palwal – and at entry points from Haryana to Delhi,” it says the travel notice.
Starting Wednesday, a large number of farmers from Haryana and Punjab are expected to march to Delhi to continue their protest against the three controversial agricultural laws, deemed anti-farmers, after several rounds of failed talks with representatives of the central government.
Delhi Police have not given permission to protest in the city in light of COVID-19.
The farmers’ organizations of UP, Haryana, Uttarkhand, Rajasthan, Kerala and Punjab have called a march to Delhi on November 26 and 27. Meetings in the midst of the coronavirus are not allowed. The permit has been rejected and the organizers were notified in time. @CPDelhi@LtGovDelhi
– #DilKiPolice Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) November 24, 2020
The Haryana government has also denied permission to farmers’ organizations to move to Delhi.
However, the farmers have said that they would move peacefully to Delhi via five highways: the Amritsar-Delhi national highway, the Hisar-Delhi highway, the Jaipur-Delhi highway, the Bareilly-Delhi highway and the Agra-Delhi highway.
In this context, there have also been reports of farmers detained in Haryana.
In a live interaction on Facebook on Tuesday, activist and politician Yogendra Yadav said: “All detainees have been held in police stations and no charges have been brought against them. The state is resorting to repression.”
Dilli Chalo’s protest from Nov. 26-27 comes shortly after Punjab farmers suspended their week-long rail blockade for 15 days.
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