Farmers mark 100 days of protest against new farm laws, block expressway: Highlights
Farmers mark 100 days of protest against new farm laws, block expressway: Highlights
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Mar 6, 2021, 21:43 IST
(This story was first published in TOI on March 6, 2021)
New Delhi: Farmers protesting the Centre s three new farm laws on Saturday blocked the six-lane Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway at some places in Haryana to mark the completion of 100 days of their agitation at the Delhi borders.
The call for blocking the expressway, which is also known as the Western Peripheral Expressway, was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of protesting farmer unions that is spearheading the agitation against the new farm legislation. Here are the top developments from the day:
The road blockade began at 11 am and continued till 4 pm. Farmers holding black flags and wearing black armbands and some women protesters with black dupattas shouted slogans against the BJP-led government for not acceding to their demands. Protesters in Sonipat and Jhajjar districts and some other places brought their tractor-trolleys and other vehicles and parked them in the middle of the KMP Expressway in some stretches. The Haryana Police had made arrangements for traffic diversions and deployed adequate personnel. The call for blocking the expressway was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of protesting farmer unions which is spearheading the agitation against the legislations.
Farmers, labourers to throng rail tracks on March 13: BKU
Farmer leader Darshan Pal Singh on Saturday informed that a nationwide agitation against corporatisation and privatisation would be held on March 13 where farmers and labourers would throng the railway lines and agitate there. This is our next move to intensify the ongoing protest, said Pal, who is the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Spokesperson. Pal was present at the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway which was blocked by thousands of farmers on Saturday to mark 100 days of the protest.
BKU Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait along with farmers block the KMP Expressway near Duhai. (Credit: PTI)
Farmers holding black flags and wearing black armbands and some women protesters with black dupattas shouted slogans against the BJP-led government for not acceding to their demands.
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The man presented by protesting farmers near Delhi at a news conference late Friday had lied about plotting to disrupt their agitation and assassinate four leaders on Republic Day, the police said on Saturday.
A man apprehended by protesting farmers near Delhi for allegedly plotting to assassinate four leaders on Republic Day lied about the plot, the Haryana police said on Saturday.
Protesting farmer leaders had on Friday paraded a masked youth who claimed a plot to disrupt their January 26 tractor rally.