“We have been detained at a bridge at the Haryana border. I am not moving and I am happy to wait here. 1 hour, 5 hours, 24 hours, 100 hours, 1000 hours or 5000 hours.” Gandhi tweeted today.
We were stopped at a bridge on the Haryana border. I will not move and am happy to wait here. 1 hour, 5 hours… https://t.co/RKsx2ZQpu3
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1601982436000
Later, the authorities allowed the former head of Congress, along with some party leaders, to enter the state ruled by the BJP. Gandhi has a couple of shows scheduled in Haryana as part of his rally against the laws.
After finishing his last rally at Sanaur in Patiala, Gandhi drove a tractor to reach the Haryana border on the last day of his “Kheti Bachao Yatra”.
He was accompanied on the tractor by the President of the Punjab Congress, Sunil Jakhar, and the party leader, Harish Rawat.
Several congressional workers accompanied Gandhi from the Patiala district of Punjab, but the procession stopped on the road near the village of Teokar on the Pehowa border for an hour.
Before Gandhi reached the Punjab-Haryana border, senior Haryana police officials at the scene told reporters that they would not allow more than 100 people to gather at one location under current guidelines due to restrictions on traffic. Covid-19.
On the Haryana side, the head of the state Congress Kumari Selja, the main leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Kiran Choudhary, Ajay Singh Yadav and the party’s head of Haryana affairs, Vivek Bansal, were present.
Before Gandhi’s tractor rally in Haryana, the BJP-led government had said on Monday that the congressional leader may bring some people into the state, but will not allow a large crowd from Punjab to “disturb” the atmosphere.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said Gandhi has the right to express his views, but “if he comes with a large procession from Punjab, we will not allow it.”
(With inputs from agencies)
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