Farmers protest: SKM to hold ‘Black Day’ agitation tomorrow, ‘mahapanchayat’ in Delhi on March 14
The SKM will also organise an all-India tractor rally on February 26.
The SKM will also organise an all-India tractor rally on February 26.
Rahul Gandhi said that the history will definitely demand an account of the 'killing of farmers' from the BJP.
Farmers' leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that they will have discussions over the Khanauri incident.
Meanwhile, the Haryana Police has also claimed that 12 of its personnel sustained injuries after being attacked by farmers.
The protesting farmers have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow them to hold peaceful protests in Delhi.
No one, however affluent he might be, will be allowed to take the environmental norms for granted. Whoever flouts the stipulated norms framed by the state government will be dealt with sternly, said the Punjab chief minister.
The farmers’ joint action committee (JAC) observed the bandh at the Kamareddy district on Friday which saw shops and commercial establishments closed, roads empty and preventive arrest of several leaders of BJP and Congress who have extended support to the farmers.
Protestors tried to lay a siege to the collectorate demanding the withdrawal of the master plan following the death of a farmer called Ramulu who hanged himself after he found his land to be part of the master plan.
At the Singhu border, Delhi Police has increased the security forces, and each person and every vehicle is being checked thoroughly.
Ahead of the farmers' call to protest at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital on August 22, the Delhi Police has tightened security at Delhi-Tikri border and has put up cemented barricades. Farmers have now started arriving in the city.
