Cops Fire Tear Gas, Use Water Cannon As Farmers Resume Delhi March

New Delhi:

Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesting farmers at the Haryana-Punjab Shambhu Border. Reportedly, 6 farmers have been injured and are being taken to a local hospital.

A group of 101 farmers resumed their ‘Delhi chalo’ foot march at 12 pm on Saturday, pressing the government to fulfill their long-standing demands, including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP).

This is the third time farmers have attempted to march towards the national capital Delhi since December 6. Earlier on December 6 and 8, farmers were stopped by security personnel in Haryana.

Ahead of the foot march today, the Haryana government suspended mobile internet and bulk SMS services in 12 villages of Ambala till December 17 to prevent the spread of misinformation.

The order applies to the following villages – Dangdehri, Lehgarh, Manakpur, Dadiyana, Bari Ghel, Choti Ghel, Lharsa, Kalu Majra, Devi Nagar (Hira Nagar, Naresh Vihar), Saddopur, Sultanpur and Kakru.

On the sidelines, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal has been on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border for 19 days now. The Supreme Court bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan has directed the Centre and Punjab government representatives to meet Mr Dallewal and persuade him to break his fast.