After tenting at Delhi’s borders for a month, protesting farmers will march into the nationwide capital to press their calls for that embody a authorized guarantee for a security web on the pricing of all crops.
Here are 10 info on the ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Delhi at present:
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The Delhi Police has granted permission to the farmers to carry a ‘Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat’ at Delhi’s Ramlila Ground at present.
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The police although have imposed some situations on the farmers – no tractor trolleys, no march, and gathering to not exceed 5,000 protesters.
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The gathering, scheduled from 11 am to 2 pm, goals to “intensify the struggle in opposition to authorities’s insurance policies”, specializing in points like MSP and implementing the Swaminathan Commission’s suggestions.
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Today’s protest will likely be led by Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella physique of farmers’ organisations that had additionally spearheaded the 2020-21 farmers’ protest in opposition to the three central agri legal guidelines.
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SKM mentioned they plan to cross a decision, ‘Sankalp Patra,’ outlining methods in opposition to pro-corporate insurance policies and asserting future actions, particularly within the context of the upcoming basic elections.
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Police have issued an advisory as visitors could also be affected in numerous components of Delhi and surrounding areas.
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According to a Delhi Traffic Police assertion, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Barakhamba Road, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, Tolstoy Marg, Asaf Ali Road, Jai Singh Road, Swami Vivekanand Marg, Sansad Marg, Netaji Subhash Marg, Baba Kharag Singh Marg, Minto Road, Ashoka Road, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh flyover, Connaught Circus, Bhavbhuti Marg, DDU Marg and Chaman Lal Marg are more likely to be affected because of the farmers gathering in Delhi.
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The farmers from Punjab, arrived on the Delhi borders on February 13, in search of to conduct a peaceable demonstration on the Ramlila Maidan. They had been then denied permission and stopped on the Punjab-Haryana border by cops. Water cannons and tear gasoline had been used throughout a face-off between the farmers and the safety personnel.
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The farmers started their march with trollies stuffed with ration to final for months, asserting they would not return till their calls for had been fulfilled. The police had erected nails and concrete blocks on the roads to cease their autos from coming into Delhi.
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The protesting farmers have rejected the Centre’s proposal that authorities businesses will procure pulses, maize, and cotton at Minimum Security Price (MSP) for 5 years. Besides a authorized guarantee for the MSP, their different calls for embody a farm mortgage waiver and the implementation of the Swaminathan Committee suggestions.
