Union leaders will meet on a hunger strike on December 14 and also vowed to keep protests against the new farm laws peaceful.
Farmers union leaders will also participate in a hunger strike between 8 am and 5 pm on the Singhu border during the national protest on December 14 against the new agricultural laws, said Kamal Preet Singh Pannu.
Kamal Preet Singh Pannu, leader of Sanyukta Kisan Andolan, said: “We will thwart any attempt by the Center to fail our movement. The government has made some small attempts to divide us and instigate the people of our movement. But we will peacefully take this movement towards the victory “.
“Thousands of farmers will start a tractor march tomorrow at 11am from Shahjahanpur in Rajasthan and block the main Jaipur-Delhi highway. After our national call, all Haryana toll plazas are free today,” added Kamal Preet Singh Pannu. .
Pannu alleged that the government tried to weaken their agitation, but that protesting farmers did not allow that to happen. The peasant leader promised to keep the protest peaceful.
“The government tried to weaken our agitation by dividing us (various farmers ‘unions). I mean that the ongoing agitation is totally under the control of 32 farmers’ unions. We will fail in every government attempt to divide us,” Pannu said as well.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police today increased staff deployment and placed more concrete barriers at various border points as farmers announced they will intensify their protest against the Center’s new agricultural laws, with plans to block the Delhi-Jaipur highway. and the Yumuna Highway.
There are still no protests at Delhi’s borders with Gurgaon and at other points on National Highway 8 that connects the national capital with Jaipur, a senior police official said.
“So far, there are no protests on the border between Delhi and Gurgaon. There are no interruptions in the movement of traffic. However, we have the proper security arrangements to deal with any situation,” the official said.
On Twitter, social activist Yogendra Yadav, who is part of the ongoing protests, said that farmers from the Rajasthan and Haryana areas are gathering on Saturday and that their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march would start on Sunday.
“The ‘Delhi march’ of farmers on the Jaipur-Delhi highway will not start today and will start tomorrow at the Shahjahanpur border. Today, farmers from Rajasthan and Haryana will gather in Kotputli and Behror,” Yadav tweeted in Hindi.
The increase in security arrangements comes amid thousands of farmers protesting in various areas on Delhi’s borders over the past 16 days and demanding that the laws be withdrawn.
The police have made the proper arrangements and these include multi-level barricades and deployment of personnel. Steps have also been taken to ensure that travelers are not faced with inconvenience in places where protests are taking place, said another senior police officer.
The Delhi Traffic Police have deployed their personnel to important border points to ensure that travelers do not face difficulties and are constantly updating people on open and closed routes on their Twitter account.
The events come after peasant leaders on Wednesday rejected a government proposal to amend the new farm laws and announced that they would intensify their agitation by blocking the Jaipur-Delhi and Yamuna highways on Saturday.
In a tweet, the traffic police informed travelers on Saturday about the closure of the Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari and Mangesh borders.
Since these borders are closed, he suggested that motorists take alternative routes through the toll tax borders of Lampur, Safiabad, Saboli and Singhu School.
Traffic has been diverted from Mukarba and GTK Road. Therefore, travelers have been advised to avoid Outer Ring Road, GTK Road, and National Highway-44, traffic police said.
Due to ongoing farmer protests, he said the Chilla and Ghazipur borders are also closed to traffic from Noida and Ghaziabad.
“The Chilla and Ghazipur borders are closed to traffic from Noida and Ghaziabad to Delhi due to protests from farmers. People are advised to take an alternative route to reach Delhi through the borders of Anad Vihar, DND, Apsara and bhopra, “he tweeted.
The Tikri and Dhansa borders are also closed to the movement of traffic, but the Jhatikara border is open only to two-wheelers and pedestrians, the traffic police said in a tweet.
Those going towards Haryana, can take the borders of Jharoda (only single carriageway), Daurala, Kapashera, Badusarai, Rajokri NH 8, Bijwasan / Bajghera, Palam Vihar and Dundahera as they are open, the traffic police said.
The government had asked farmers’ groups to consider their proposals to amend the laws to address their concerns and said it was open to further discussing their offer when unions wanted.
Peasant leaders also announced Thursday that they would block train tracks across the country if the government did not comply with their demands and would announce a date for that soon.
At least five rounds of formal talks have taken place between the Center and representatives of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, protesting at various borders in the national capital for more than two weeks, but the stalemate has continued with unions attached to your main demand. for the repeal of the three contentious laws.
The sixth round of talks between the government and agricultural union leaders, scheduled for Wednesday morning, was canceled.
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