Latest updates from Farmer Protest : A ‘Delhi Chalo’ march has been organised by around 200 farmers’ unions, such as the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, with the objective of pressuring the Centre to attend to a number of demands. These farmers are preparing for a massive demonstration in the nation’s capital on February 13 as they travel from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab to Delhi.
Farm representatives from Punjab and Haryana are to meet with three central ministers later today: Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda, and Nityanand Rai.
The Delhi police have increased security at the borders of Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri in response to the farmers’ protest. They have put up barricades and nails to prevent trucks carrying demonstrators from entering the city. Furthermore, earthmovers and cranes are being used to position big containers on the roads to make travel difficult.
A petition was filed at the HC opposing border closures and the suspension of mobile internet.
Following farmer groups’ calls for a protest march to Delhi on February 13, a lawsuit was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday against the Haryana government’s border closures and suspension of mobile internet services.
Uday Partap Singh, the petitioner, said that the farmers’ protests violated their fundamental rights and were “unconstitutional,” and he asked the court to halt any “obstructive” proceedings taken by the governments of Haryana, Punjab, and the Central government against them.
On Tuesday, the matter is anticipated to be heard.