Farmers Protest March To Delhi: Haryana Converts 2 Stadiums Into Temporary Jails
Authorities in neighboring Delhi have also sealed borders with concrete blocks at various places
Farmers Protest March To Delhi: In a major development, the Haryana government has converted two large stadiums into temporary jails ahead of the farmers' march to Delhi on Tuesday. According to information, Chaudhary Dalbir Singh Indoor Stadium in Sirsa, and Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Dabwali will serve as temporary jails to keep detained farmers, in case their march goes ahead as planned, the sources said.
In case of any untoward situation, the farmers who would be detained or arrested in large numbers will be kept in these temporary jails, the sources added.
Likewise, the authorities in neighboring Delhi have also sealed borders with concrete blocks at various places besides road spikes, and barbed wires, and thousands of police personnel have been deployed along the interstate border.
In the meanwhile, the Centre has invited the farmer unions for another round of meetings to discuss their demands on February 12. However, the move to seal the borders to prevent farmers from entering the national capital has garnered criticism from the opposition parties and farmer groups as well.
Moreover, the authorities in both Haryana and Delhi have defended the criticism over the restrictions, citing the 2020 protest against the now-repealed three farm laws. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha and several farmer associations have called the protest to against the Centre to accept their demands, including the enactment of a law to guarantee MSP for crops.
On the other hand, Punjab Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann compared the roads to Delhi and Haryana to the India-Pakistan Line of Control (LoC).
It may be recalled that a large number of farmers from Punjab and nearby areas of Ambala had gathered at the Shambhu border in 2020 and broke police barriers to march towards Delhi. The farmers held a year-long sit-in on Delhi's border points - Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur - against the three central farm laws.
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