Indian farmers protest, demand rollback of new laws |
After high voltage face-offs between police personnel and the protesting farmers on 26th November, thousands of farmers made their way to the borders of the national capital Delhi on 27th November, demanding rollback of three farm laws enacted by Parliament in September. The protesting farmers had entered Delhi`s adjoining areas like Panipat, Sirsa, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad, and Jind on the 26th. The farmers, hailing from Punjab and Haryana, in their “Delhi Chalo” march is demanding the ruling dispensation agrees to hear their objections on the clearance of farm laws which, collectively, have paved the way for agri-businesses to freely trade farm produce without restrictions, permit private traders to stockpile large quantities of essential commodities for future sales and lay down new rules for contract farming. Delhi Police has scaled up the deployment of security personnel, stationed sand-laden trucks and water cannons and using barbed wire for fencing at the Singhu Border to prevent the protesters from entering the city. The Police said that they will not allow the farmers protesting against the Centre`s new farm laws to enter Delhi if they reach the borders of the national capital. Drones have also been deployed to keep a tight vigil to maintain law and order. Authorities in Haryana have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in several parts of the state to prevent assembly of the protesters.
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