Chaos At Shambhu Border As Cops Resort To Water Canon, Tear Fuel Towards Protesting Farmers — VIDEO | India Information

Farmers Delhi Chalo Protest: Chaotic scenes had been witnessed on the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border on Saturday, the place police used tear gasoline and water cannons to disperse the ‘jatha’ of 101 farmers who resumed their ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest to press the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central authorities for a number of calls for, together with a authorized assure for minimal assist value (MSP).

VIDEO | Police use water cannons to disperse protesting farmers. Visuals from #ShambhuBorder. A ‘jatha’ of 101 farmers has resumed their foot march to Delhi at 12 midday to press the Centre for varied calls for together with a authorized assure for minimal assist value.

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The protesting farmers had been stopped by the police deployed on the Shambhu border. Ambala’s Superintendent of Police (SP) informed the farmers that they need to get permission from the authorities to march in the direction of Delhi.

#WATCH | Police use tear gasoline and water cannon to disperse protesting farmers on the Haryana-Punjab Shambhu Border.

The farmers have introduced to march in the direction of the Nationwide Capital-Delhi over their varied calls for. pic.twitter.com/lAX5yKFarF
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Forward of protests, web providers had been suspended in components of Ambala with speedy impact from December 14 (06:00 hrs) to December 17 (23:59 hrs) in Haryana in view of the farmers’ march in the direction of Delhi.

#WATCH | Farmers’ ‘Dilli Chalo’ march | Visuals from the Shambhu border the place Police use tear gasoline and water cannon to disperse farmers pic.twitter.com/4d87fElxLZ
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That is the third try by the farmers to march in the direction of the nationwide capital. They’d earlier made two related makes an attempt—December 6 and December 8—however weren’t allowed to proceed by safety personnel in Haryana.

The farmers beneath the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) have been urgent for varied calls for, together with a authorized assure for MSP. They’ve additionally been urgent the Centre to provoke talks with them to deal with their points.

The Ambala district administration has already clamped a prohibitory order beneath Part 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that bans the illegal meeting of 5 or extra folks within the district.

The Ambala police had earlier stated the farmer outfits, that are agitating for a authorized assure for MSP and different calls for, can march to Delhi solely after getting permission from the nationwide capital administration.

Earlier within the day, the Haryana authorities suspended cell web and bulk SMS providers in 12 villages in Ambala until December 17.

The order to droop cell web in Dangdehri, Lehgarh, Manakpur, Dadiyana, Bari Ghel, Choti Ghel, Lharsa, Kalu Majra, Devi Nagar (Hira Nagar, Naresh Vihar), Saddopur, Sultanpur, and Kakru villages in Ambala was issued to forestall any disturbance of peace and public order.

What Are Farmers Demanding?

In addition to a authorized assure on MSP for crops, the farmers are demanding a debt waiver, a pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike within the electrical energy tariff, the withdrawal of police instances, and “justice” for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation to the households of the farmers who died throughout a earlier agitation in 2020-21 are additionally a part of their calls for.

(With companies inputs)