The Farmers Protest is all set to intensify around the borders of National Capital Territory of Delhi with around 10,000 more protestors set to reach the Singhu border on Monday (December 14). Indications are that these group of farmers are set to arrive from Rajasthan.
With the farmers’ protest entering the third week, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday (December 13) accused opposition parties of running a propaganda against the new farm laws and asserted that these legislations, ‘may cause difficulty for some in the short term’ but will be beneficial to farmers in the long run.
Around 1.45pm on Sunday, traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur national highway stalled at Jaisingh Khera as hundreds of farmers from Rajasthan were stopped by police from going further. The Alwar administration was forced to diver the traffic through Behror-Tatarpur-Khairtal route.
The resultant traffic jam stretched up to 10kms on the highway. The border was finally opened for vehicles coming from Delhi after three and a half hours, according to local officials.
“We have not blocked any highway. The jam has been caused by the fact that the police have blocked us by placing barriers. We are simply trying to go to Delhi to get the government to listen to us,” Amara Ram, a farmer activist from Rajasthan, was quoted as saying by TOI.
At the Singhu border, all protestors were ready for the long haul. “We are staying here for as many months as required. If the government feels we will starve and die here, they are wrong. Each of us is a warrior and we will fight like one,” Gurnam Singh, a Moga resident who has come with his entire family was quoted as saying.
Around 400 policeman, including an RAF company, have been deployed by Rewari police to stop more farmers from marching towards Delhi. In Punjab, farmers unions will protest on Monday (December 14) outside the offices of deputy commissioners of all districts, Reliance Group shopping malls and petrol pumps.
