According to estimates from the central government, there are 14,000 farmers and more than 1200 tractors at the Shambhu border.
Delhi, New: Sarwan Singh Pandher, a prominent farmer, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday not to “oppress” the farmers who are demonstrating toward the authorities over the MSP demand. Modi’s election as India’s prime minister was facilitated by farmers, he noted, adding that the nation would not forget the BJP-run central government. We have instructed the government not to murder us but to refrain from persecuting farmers. He said, We ask the PM to take a step and end this demonstration.
The leader of the large-scale demonstration, Pandher, asserted that paramilitary forces have been stationed in Haryanan villages to stop the demonstrators’ march.
People will not forgive the government . The villages of Haryana are home to paramilitary forces. What offense have we perpetrated? … You now hold the position of Prime Minister. We never imagined that the powers would subjugate us in this manner. Please defend the Constitution and allow us to travel to Delhi in peace. He declared, “This is our right.”
He pledged to keep the protest non-violent. From our end, we gave it our all. We attended the meetings, during which every topic was discussed. The central government must now make a decision. We shall maintain our calm. It is time for the Prime Minister to step up and acknowledge our requests. A sum of Rs 1.5–2 lakh crore is not very large. We ought to be permitted to take down these obstacles and advance toward Delhi.
The farmers would resume their “Delhi Chalo” demonstration from the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border, according to Sandhu’s announcement yesterday. He said this just hours after farmers turned down the Center’s five-year proposal to have government agencies buy cotton, maize, and pulses at MSP.
According to estimates from the Central Government, there are 14,000 farmers and more than 1200 tractors at the Shambhu border. The farmers are prepared to break through the barricades after being subjected to tear gas shells last week in Haryana by the police.
The bulldozers have been designed so that the police’s pellet guns, which are used to put down unrest, won’t hit the people operating the machines. In order to counteract tear gas attacks, the farmers have also brought gas masks. The police have also arrived completely equipped. They are employing loaded shipping containers in addition to loaded trucks, buses, barricades, iron barbed wires, and nails to halt their advance. Concrete has also been used extensively by the police to reinforce the barricades. Additionally, about 8,000 soldiers have been posted at Delhi’s borders with Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur.
