Farmers’ Protest: Police have placed barricades and concertina wires on the borders of Delhi.
New Delhi:
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi today shared images of barricades and concertina wires placed near farmers’ protest sites at border points near Delhi with a four-word message to the government: “Build bridges, not walls.” .
GOI,
Build bridges, not walls! pic.twitter.com/C7gXKsUJAi
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 2, 2021
Farmers’ protest sites on Delhi’s borders have been turned into strongholds with police increasing security and strengthening barricades.
On the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, police placed concertina wires between four layers of yellow barricades to prevent farmers from crossing into Delhi on the Ghazipur-Meerut highway.
Police coverage was also increased in Delhi-Haryana, where police personnel hooked iron bars between two rows of concrete barriers on the side of the main road on the Singhu border to further restrict the movement of protesters.
Another part of the highway on the Delhi-Haryana border is now virtually blocked because a makeshift concrete wall has been erected, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
Last week, during a press conference, Gandhi alleged that the government “hit, threatened and intimidated” farmers, adding that the controversial farm laws must be repealed immediately.
Congressional leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also criticized the government on the issue.
प्रधानमंत्री जी, अपने किसानों से ही युद्ध? pic.twitter.com/gn2P90danm
– Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) February 2, 2021
The government and protesting farmers have been unable to break the stalemate over controversial farm laws despite multiple levels of talks.
The situation has further deteriorated with farmers calling for a nationwide “chakka jam” protest on Saturday, their latest upheaval, after the January 26 tractor rally that saw violence in the heart of the capital. national.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at various border points towards Delhi since the end of November, demanding the repeal of the three laws and a legal guarantee for the minimum support system for their crops.
Promulgated last September, the three laws have been projected by the Center as important reforms in the agricultural sector that will eliminate intermediaries and allow farmers to sell their products anywhere in the country.
However, protesting farmers have expressed fear that the new laws would pave the way for removing the MSP’s safety cushion and ending the wholesale market system, leaving them at the mercy of large corporations.
With contributions from agencies
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