New Delhi: A bunch of 101 farmers will is about to start a foot march to Delhi from the Shambhu border protest web site at 1 pm on Friday, farmer chief Sarwan Singh Pandher introduced on Thursday. The Ambala district administration on Wednesday urged farmers to rethink their march and look ahead to permission from Delhi Police. It additionally invoked Part 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), prohibiting gatherings of 5 or extra folks within the district.
In the meantime, addressing a press convention on the Shambhu border on Thursday, farmer chief Sarwan Singh Pandher reiterated the plans for the march to Delhi on Friday. “The jatha will march in the direction of Delhi. What the federal government will do is for them to resolve,” he mentioned. “We’ll start our march at 1 pm from the Shambhu border.”
Pandher said that any try by the federal government to cease the march could be seen as a ‘ethical victory’ for the farmers. He highlighted the federal government’s earlier stance, saying, “Their leaders on the Centre and in states have been often saying that if the farmers don’t deliver tractor-trolleys, there ought to be no objection. So, if we go to Delhi on foot, there ought to be no motive to cease the farmers.”
Farmer leaders beforehand introduced that the primary ‘jatha’ could be led by Satnam Singh Pannu, Surinder Singh Chautala, Surjit Singh Phul, and Baljinder Singh.
In response to the deputy commissioner’s order, processions on foot, automobiles, or different modes are restricted till additional discover. Central paramilitary forces and multi-layer barricades have been deployed on the Haryana aspect of the border.
What Are Farmers’ Calls for
Farmers beneath the banners of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha earlier introduced a foot march to Delhi, demanding a authorized assure for minimal help costs (MSP) of crops and different key points.
Since February 13, they’ve been tenting on the Shambhu and Khanauri border factors between Punjab and Haryana after safety forces blocked their march.
Their calls for embrace a farm debt waiver, pensions for farmers and laborers, a freeze on electrical energy tariff hikes, withdrawal of police circumstances in opposition to farmers, and justice for victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
They’re additionally in search of the reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation for households of farmers who died throughout the 2020-21 agitation.
In the meantime, SKM chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal continued his fast-unto-death on the Khanauri border on Thursday.
(With PTI inputs)
