To join the farmers from Punjab and Haryana who are staging a protest against the Centre's agricultural laws in Delhi, farmers from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand are planning to head to Delhi as well in their tractor trolleys on November 28.
These farmers are expected to enter Delhi through UP. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) said that the farmers would start marching towards Delhi soon.
The Hindustan Times quoted the UP spokesperson of BKU, Dharmendra Malik as saying, "Five lakh farmers had staged a protest in Delhi for seven days in 1988 under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Tikait, compelling the then Rajiv Gandhi government at the Centre to accept their demands. Farmers would force the Modi government to withdraw the bills."
On November 27, farmers from Madhya Pradesh who wanted to join the protest in Delhi were stopped by the UP police. They then staged a protest near Agra on a national highway.
The farmers from Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, and Sikar in Rajasthan have been mobilised by the All Indian Kisan Sabha and they will be joining the Delhi Chalo movement.
Earlier on November 27, the farmers from Punjab and Haryana were finally allowed to enter Delhi from the Tikri border. They could arrive only after facing water cannons and tear gas shells in Sonipat and Jhajjar at the Delhi-Haryana border.
Protests were registered in some areas like Thane, Nashik, Wardha, and Sangli in Maharashtra as well. The farmers in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh also held a solidarity protest.
The farmers have been constantly protesting, particularly in Punjab and Haryana against, the three agricultural laws passed by the central government earlier this year. They include the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020.
