Farmers’ protest: Thousands of farmers, braving the water cannons, have reached the borders of Delhi.
New Delhi:
Rejecting the Center’s offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari farm, farmers protesting at the Delhi borders for four days against new farm laws on Sunday said they will not accept any conditional dialogue and threatened to block the five entry points to the national capital.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi again fought for the new laws in his monthly radio address, saying that these reforms have given farmers “new rights and opportunities” and have begun to mitigate their problems in a short period of time.
The Interior Ministry also assured farmers’ organizations that a high-level team of union ministers will speak with them once the protesters move to the designated location.
A meeting of more than 30 farmer groups was held to discuss Union Minister Amit Shah’s offer to hold talks ahead of the December 3 date once they move to Burari in the city, but the Thousands of protesters refused to give in and prepared to spend another night in the cold at the Singhu and Tikri border points.
Over the past four days, thousands of farmers, braving water cannons, tear gas and barricades from the Haryana police, have reached the borders of Delhi. While some of them made it into the city, the rest are sitting in the border areas, saying they are ready to do whatever it takes to see the end of the three farm laws passed by parliament earlier this year.
Earlier today, after holding a meeting where they decided to reject the government’s offer, the farmers said the three anti-farmer and pro-corporate bills should be repealed and that the minimum price of crop support should be guaranteed.
Here are the live updates from the farmers’ protest:
The Tikri and Singhu borders have been closed to any traffic movements as farmers continue their protest against the Center’s agricultural laws, the Delhi Traffic Police said on Monday. “The Tikri border is closed for any traffic movement. The open borders available for Haryana are following: the borders of Jharoda, Dhansa, Daurala Jhatikera, Badusari, Kapashera, Rajokri NH 8, Bijwasan / Bajghera, Palam vihar and Dundahera”, the Delhi Transit Police tweeted.
Delhi: Reinforced security and barricades on the Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border where farmers have gathered to protest against agricultural laws.
The farmers decided to stay on the Gazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border on Sunday night as they continue their protest against the central government’s agricultural laws. A group of farmers were seen sleeping on the road, while others were seen sitting together in a group around a bonfire in the cold weather. Farmers also stay on the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border).
Delhi: Farmers continue their protest on the Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border against agricultural laws amid the deployment of security. pic.twitter.com/MhuDgiOhhQ
– ANI (@ANI) November 30, 2020
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