Police personnel deployed at Shambhu border (Punjab-Haryana) in view of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March', in Ambala district, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. A large number of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab are expected to march towards the national capital on Tuesday
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Why are farmers marching towards the Parliament?
Hundreds of farmers are marching towards the Parliament in a bid to press for a resolution to their long-standing demands related to land acquisition.
Prohibitory orders in northeast Delhi ahead of farmers' protest march
Prohibitory orders under section 144, which bars large gatherings, were imposed in the northeast district of the national capital on Sunday in view of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March' on February 13, an official said.
Barricades put on Delhi border ahead of the 'Delhi Chalo March'
Ahead of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March', the Delhi Police has intensified security arrangements at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders and installed nails along with barricades to prevent vehicles carrying protesters from entering the city, officials said on Sunday.
The farmers have called for another protest today, demanding a law guaranteeing MSP for crops
Barricades at Tikri border in view of the 'Delhi Chalo March'
For 75 years our demands were not heard, says General Secretary, Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarvan Singh Pandher
"We will start from Beas & stay at Fatehgarh Sahib. Our demands are the same- MSP guarantee law, Sugar cane should be joined with C200...When a farmer turns 60 years old he should be given Rs 10,000 a month...It is unfortunate that the Indian farmer is called anti-national. We are not anti-national, we are the citizens of this country...For 75 years our demands were not heard...We will move peacefully & our objective is that the government listen to our demands...", he said.
Barricades at Ghazipur border in view of 'Delhi Chalo March'
Visuals from Singhu, Ghazipur borders
Section 144 imposed for a month in Delhi
Sardulgarh border in Sirsa sealed
Farmers leave from Amritsar for Delhi
The farmers have called the march on February 13 to demand a law guaranteeing MSP for crops.
Security tightened in Haryana's Jind, RAF deployed
If you want to empower the country, you will have to listen to farmers: Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan
Advance porters deployed deep inside UP & Haryana and Punjab: Delhi Police North East DCP Joy Tirkey
"We are monitoring everything including social media & the inputs we are receiving. We are getting live information. We started our arrangements in North East district on February 11. According to the information, there will be a little pressure on the Singhu & Tikri border. A detailed arrangement has been issued", he said.
There will be enough staff. We will mobilise the whole district well: Shahdara DCP Surendra Chaudhary
Union Ministers to hold talks with farmers
A team of three Union ministers will hold talks on Monday with a delegation of farmer leaders, who are planning to march towards Delhi. Meanwhile, convoys of tractor-trolleys have already set out from different parts of Punjab to join the march.
Modi willfully refusing to accept the modified proposal of farmers, says Subramanian Swamy
In a post on X, he wrote: "Why is Modi wilfully refusing to accept the modified proposal of Punjab farmers second time around? Modi cannot expect for long to be happy if increasingly the Sikh farmers are not given their due. I have studied farmers’ demand and as an economist I think them as good for India."
Farmers will break govt's pride, says Delhi Minister
Siddaramaiah slams arrest of K'taka farmers heading to Delhi to take part in protest
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday condemned the arrest of farmers from the state in Bhopal when they were on their way to New Delhi to take part in a protest and urged the Madhya Pradesh government to release them immediately.