Thousands of farmers have been camping at three border points in Delhi (AFP)
New Delhi:
There will not be “chakka traffic jam “or roadblock in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday, though farmers across the country are likely to protest” peacefully “on national roads, a group of farmers said. The statement comes days after a demonstration of tractors on Republic Day Delhi’s farmers turned violent.
In a statement, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, who is participating in the protest to demand the repeal of the three new agricultural laws, said that essential services such as ambulances and school buses will not be stopped during the “chakka jam” scheduled to be organized between the 12 pm and 3 pm on Saturday.
“Tomorrow there will be no roadblocks in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand; roads will be blocked in the rest of the country except Delhi. The reason is that they can be called to Delhi at any time, so they are kept on hold,” said Bharatiya. Kisan Union. Leader Rakesh Tikait said.
“We have evidence that some people would try to spread violence in these places. That is why we have decided not to block the roads in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand,” Tikait said.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at three border points in Delhi – Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur – for more than 70 days.
“There will not be chakka jam program within Delhi as all protest sites chakka jam mode. All roads into Delhi will remain open except where farmers’ protest sites are already located, “the farmers group said in the statement.
“Chakka Jam “will remain” completely peaceful, “said farmer leader Darshan Pal, adding that the protesters have been asked not to enter into any kind of conflict with government officials and others.
The farmers group said the government’s move to connect the Internet around protest sites and install concrete barricades, including driving nails into roads to prevent crowd movement, was an act to silence them.
Security has been strengthened at the three protest sites on the Delhi-Haryana border and more police have been deployed. Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava met with senior officials to review the arrangements.
Police said they will monitor social media to catch anyone spreading rumors that could lead to trouble. “We are monitoring content on social media to ensure that no anti-police rumors are being spread. Protesters are camping on the borders of Delhi. We are also in contact with the police force of other states,” said the spokesman for the police in Delhi. Delhi, Chinmoy Biswal.
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