Government scared of farmers’ demonstration at Jantar Mantar, sealed the Tikri border by putting up cement barricades
The Delhi Police has put up barricades along the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border ahead of the call for farmers’ protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital. Also security has been tightened. Farmers are going to hold their protest in Delhi on Monday (August 22, 2022), for which they have now started reaching the capital.
Earlier, the United Kisan Morcha (SKM) had announced to start a 75-hour dharna at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh from Thursday (August 18) to press for their pending demands. The most prominent demand from the farmers’ demands was the arrest of Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra Teni.
At the same time, regarding the arrangement of water and toilets at the protest site, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait had threatened the Uttar Pradesh government and the administration and said that the administration should fix its mind and if not the government here, we will reach the district headquarters too. Tikait had said that people are coming from outside. There should have been a system of water and toilets for the demonstration. Tikait said that he is the accused of 120B, no one can remain the Minister of State for Home of the country.
Delhi police put up cemented barricades, tightens security at the Delhi-Haryana's Tikri border, ahead of call by farmers to protest at Jantar Mantar tomorrow; Farmers start arriving into the state pic.twitter.com/rGzJt5uFj8
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In this three-day dharna of farmers, the farmers are demanding withdrawal of the cases registered against the farmers and a compensation of 10 lakhs to the farmers who were injured under the Tikunia agreement. When Rakesh Tikait was asked whether this demonstration is being done keeping in mind the 2024 Lok Sabha elections? So he said, ‘These people will win the elections with dishonesty, the people are not going to vote for them, they will win the elections on the basis of guns. They will give a certificate of victory to the losing candidate.
SKM is a farmers organisation, comprising around 40 agricultural organisations, mainly demanding proper implementation of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.
Earlier on July 31, farmers of Punjab blocked railway tracks at Valhalla in Amritsar, Bathinda and protested at Shambhu toll plaza in Ambala, Barwala in Panchkula and Cheeka in Kaithal against the central government for not fulfilling their demands. was performed.
