Here are the highlights of the farmers’ stir on Day 25 of the protests:
Farmers to observe hunger strike tomorrow
Addressing a press conference, Swaraj India Chief Yogendra Yadav said farmers would observe a day-long relay hunger strike on Monday. “Farmers will begin a day-long relay hunger strike on Monday at all sites of protest against the new agri laws. It will be started by a team of 11 members at protests sites here, including the Singhu border,” he said.
“Protesters are being threatened by the Haryana government. This is against the direction of the Supreme Court. I urge them to stop harassing farmers from tomorrow,” he said.
With a variety of winter jackets, for both men and women lying in heaps, Ashraf said the garments, all priced at Rs 400, have been selling like hot cakes since morning.
He added that business has been better than what it usually is at this time of the year at his eight-year-old regular spot in Mangal Bazaar in Jahangirpuri.
Ashraf has brought in enough stock and hopes to sell all of it in “2-4 days”.
Like Ashraf, Sagir Ahmad too has set up his stall at the protest site instead of his regular haunt at a market in Jahangirpuri, hoping to earn a little more than usual, thanks to the thousands of farmers gathered here.