Bulldozers were run on the farmers’ tats on the Shambhu border.
The Punjab Police has evacuated the Shambhu and Khanouri border of Haryana-Punjab closed for 13 months. Farmers agitating here were removed. During this time 200 farmers were detained. After which the sheds made by the farmers were broken by bulldozers.
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After the action of the Punjab Police, today Haryana Police will also reach both the border, after which the barricading of cement will be removed. After this, GT Road from Shambhu border will be opened for movement of vehicles.
Earlier, the 7th talks with the central government of farmers in Chandigarh were inconclusive. Several leaders, including Saravan Pandher, convenor of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and Jagjit Dallewal of United Kisan Morcha (non -political), were detained.
Farmers were agitating on Shambhu and Khanouri border since 13 February 2024. On 13 February, while going to Delhi, Haryana Police barricaded and stopped them there. He is demanding a law guaranteeing MSP. Earlier, he tried to go to Delhi 4 times but was not allowed to proceed from Shambhu border.
The Punjab Police dropped the farmers’ shed on the Shambhu border from the bulldozer.
Now read the whole matter in a sequential manner ….
Meeting between farmer leaders and Center in Chandigarh On Wednesday, the seventh round of talks took place between farmer leaders and representatives of the central government in Chandigarh. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Chauhan, Piyush Goyal and Prahlad Joshi were involved in this meeting. The meeting, which started at 11 am, lasted 4 hours, but no solution was found.
In the meeting, the farmers’ organizations were adamant on the demand for the law of guaranteeing MSP (minimum support price). Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said that the list shared by the farmers may bring some issue. If they want to discuss it with all the ministries associated with farming, it may take time. It was agreed to re -talk about this on 4 May.
In the meeting, the Punjab government had asked the farmers to vacate the border, but they refused. After which Sarvan Pandher, who was returning to participate in the meeting, was surrounded by the police on the Airport Road of Mohali. At the same time, Jagjit Dallewal was returning to the Khanouri border in the ambulance, the police surrounded him in Sangrur.
Farmer leader Dallawal was returning from ambulance. The police took him with him under the same situation.
The shock between police and farmers The police took Dallewal into custody, including ambulances. Not only this, farmer leaders Kaka Singh Kotra, Abhimanyu Kohar, Manjeet Rai, Omkar Singh were also detained.
Farmers were enraged when farmer leaders were taken into custody. In Sangrur, there was a shock between police-farmers. The farmers tried to break the barricading of the police. However, the Punjab Police was already in preparation and all the farmers were taken into custody due to heavy force.
The Punjab Police took the farmer leaders into custody and the farmers in protest against him.
Shambhu and Khanouri borders get emptied, broke the shed After this, around 8 pm, the Punjab Police started emptying both the borders. A heavy police force was deployed at the borders. Farmers were removed here and bulldozers were run on their shades and tats.
Police personnel removing posters on the main stage of farmers on Shambhu border.
SSP said- farmers supported well SSP Nanak Singh of Patiala said that in the presence of duty magistrate, the police evacuated the area after warning him. Some people expressed their desire to go home. So he was sent home after sitting in the bus. We did not need to use any force. Because there was no opposition. The farmers supported well.
The police demolished the farmers’ platforms and sheds by running a bulldozer on the Shambhu border.
Punjab Police employees carrying farmers from Shambhu border.
7th round conversation was also inconclusive
Earlier on Wednesday, the 7th round of talks took place between the central government and the farmer organizations, but no concrete result could be reached.
The conversation lasted from 11 am to 3 pm, in which apart from farmer leaders, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi were present.
Farmers’ organizations have been adamant on demanding the law of guaranteeing MSP (minimum support price), but the government has not yet given any concrete consent on it. After the negotiations failed, the government decided to take tough steps and the Punjab Police accelerated the process of vacating the border.
Farmer leaders were detained
After the meeting, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) convenor Saravan Pandher and United Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallawal were taken into custody. These two leaders were leading this movement. The farmers criticized the government’s move and described it as an attempt to crush the movement.
Why was this movement happening?
The farmers started a sit -in at Shambhu and Khanouri border from 13 February, when they were moving towards Delhi but the Haryana Police barricaded and stopped them there.
- The main demand of farmers was to make a law guaranteeing MSP.
- He tried to go to Delhi 4 times, but every time he was not allowed to proceed from Shambhu border.
- Traffic between Punjab and Haryana was affected due to this dharna for 13 months, causing business activities to come to a standstill and the industries lost Rs 1 lakh crore.
Government will not let the border remain closed
Now that the police have started removing the protesters, it will be interesting to see if the farmers’ organizations will picket again or the new round of talks with the government will begin. On the other hand, the government has indicated that now the border will not be allowed to remain closed and if needed, action will be taken for force.
The situation on the Punjab-Haryana border may become more stressful in the coming days.
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