Breaking Police Barricades, Farmers at Tikri Border Enter Delhi; Create Ruckus

NEW DELHI: Farmers protesting against the farm bill laws, broke police barricades on Tuesday morning at Singhu and Tikri border points of the national capital, Delhi to make their way into the city.

Earlier, the Delhi Police gave a no-objection certificate (NOC) to the protesting farmer unions for their proposed Republic Day tractor parade with 37 conditions, including capping the number of participants and allocating a fixed time slot.

According to reports, police used tear gas on groups of farmers as they tried to break barricades, cemented barriers with tractors at Delhi's Mukarba Chowk.

Kasan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti reached Mukarba Chowk from where they were supposed to go towards Kanjhawala but broke the barricades and are now moving towards the ring road.

Satnam Singh Pannu, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee at Singhu Border alleged that the Delhi Police is stopping them from moving towards Ring Road. "The route they are asking us to follow wasn't agreed upon."

Windows of at least seven buses and police vehicles broken and reports of attacks on policemen also reported.

During the 10th round of talks, the Centre proposed to suspend the three contentious farm laws for one-and-a-half years; and set up a joint committee to discuss the Acts to end the stalemate. However, the leaders of the farmers did not immediately accept the proposal and said that they would respond to that after their internal consultations.

The government has said it is ready to suspend the laws for one-and-a-half years. In reply, the farmers said that there is no point in suspending the laws and made it clear that we want the repeal of the laws," said a farmer leader.

Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 last year against the three newly enacted farm laws - 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.

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