Protest against agricultural laws passed by parliament was also echoed in the streets on Wednesday. Farmers took to the streets in Panipat and Ambala, however police stopped their planned march towards Delhi. A delegation of farmers also met with the UP prime minister with their concerns. Here is a summary of the events of the day.
Police use water cannons on protesters against farm law in Haryana
On Wednesday, Haryana police used water cannons in Panipat and Ambala in agitators to prevent them from proceeding to Delhi to protest against the Center’s land reform bills.
In Panipat, the police used water cannons at a tractor rally led by the Haryana Youth Congress, while in Ambala, they used them at a motorcycle rally led by the Punjab Lok Insaf Party, trying to enter the state in their on the way to Delhi.
Due to the continued sit-in on the Ambala-Ludhiana section of the national highway leading to Delhi, traffic has been disrupted, police said.
The Panipat rally, in which, according to the leaders of the Youth Congress, many farmers were also participating, was to proceed from Panipat to Delhi, where they were to address Parliament, to register their protest against the agricultural bills, which they qualified as anti-farmers. .
Navjot Sidhu organizes a protest against agricultural laws
Punjab MLA and former Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday organized a protest against farm laws that they said will “ruin” the farming community.
Sidhu, who was accompanied by his followers, sat on a tractor in Amritsar and held up signs that read “We are united in the fight for farmers”, in English and Punjabi. He told reporters that the new bills would dismantle the minimum support price and the marketing system.
“We are all united to fight against these black laws. Our fight is for the farmers and it will lead to a logical conclusion. We will not remain calm until these bills are repealed,” he said.
“I am not alone on this issue. All MLAs, regardless of the political parties to which they belong, speak on behalf of the agricultural community,” he said.
Ludhiana Farmers and Congressional Workers Hold ‘Tractor Protest’
Several farmers and congressional workers staged a ‘tractor protest’ at Mullanpur Dakha in Ludhiana on Wednesday against the passage of the agriculture bills in Parliament.
Similar protests have also broken out in Odisha.
The farmers’ delegation meets with UP CM
A delegation from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), on Wednesday, met with UP Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow to discuss farmers’ problems.
Yogi Adityanath assured the delegation that his government would ensure that agricultural products are not sold at a price lower than the minimum support price (MSP) set by the government.
After the meeting, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait told reporters that the delegation also discussed recent land reform bills passed by Parliament and other farmers’ issues with the prime minister.
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