The farmers had announced that they will march towards Delhi to demand a discussion on MSP. Farmers from Punjab, who announced that they will march towards Delhi to demand a discussion on Minimum Support Price (MSP), on Monday broke police barriers near the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida and began moving towards Delhi.
However, after holding talks with cops, the farmers left the protest site. Following this, police removed the barricades and saw the traffic movement’s return to normalcy. Joint CP Law and Order Noida, Shivhari Meena, “The farmers had announced the ‘Delhi Challo’ march today and we were continuously holding talks with them. The farmers have told their demands to the officials and officials have given them an assurance. The traffic has returned to normalcy.”
With the first group of farmers, led by the Bharatiya Kisan Parishad, kickstarting their march on Monday, police had put up barricades and issued advisory for commuters travelling from Noida to Delhi. Protesters were to begin their march from the Maha Maya flyover in Noida at noon.
Sagar Singh Kalsi, Additional Commissioner of Police, Eastern Range of Delhi Police, had told PTI that owing to farmers’ protest, they have made strong and robust arrangements at all major, minor borders in East Delhi. “We have done barricading, have anti-riot equipment. There is an elaborate arrangement, we are also ensuring that common people won’t get affected, we are also coordinating with traffic police. We are drone surveillance,” Kalsi added.
Meanwhile, photos from the scene where farmers broke the police barricades show the scale of protest undertaken by them. Additionally, Joint CP Sanjay Kumar had said that Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita has been imposed in the national capital owing to the ongoing Parliament session.
“The Mahamaya flyover, be it the district border, DND or Kalindi, extra deployment of personnel has been done to ensure that the crowd cannot enter without permission. CAPF, local police, barricading have been done at the borders…Surveillance is also being done through drones,” Kumar added. Notably, this move from the farmers comes just hours after the Supreme Court asked the Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to persuade the protesting farmers not to obstruct highways and cause inconvenience to people.
Dallewal is on a fast-unto death at the Khanauri border point to press the government for the acceptance of the farmers’ demands.
