Haryana government has put up major fencing around the state to make sure the protesters can not enter Haryana from Punjab

Farmers ‘Delhi Chalo’ March 2024 vs 2020 Protest: Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh farmers are all set to march to Delhi again with more than 200 farmer unions heading to the national capital on Tuesday. The last round of talks between the farmer leaders and the Union ministers remained inconclusive on Monday night. As per the Union minister Arjun Munda, for most of the issues raised by the farmers, a consensus was reached and the government also proposed to form a committee to address the rest, however, the farmer leaders said there was no clarity of legal guarantee to the minimum support price.

The farmers are set for the Delhi Chalo march but the Haryana government has put up major fencing around the state to make sure the protesters can not enter Haryana from Punjab. Likewise, the Delhi borders have also been fortified in an attempt to not allow the farmers to enter the national capital. 

Farmers ‘Delhi Chalo’ March 2024 vs 2020 Protest:

Why farmers are protesting?

In 2020, the farmers took to the streets in Delhi against the three farm laws which were repealed in 2021. Delhi Chalo was announced in 2023. The demands are a legal guarantee to MSP for all crops, the implementation of Swaminathan Commission's formula, full debt waiver for farmers, pension for farmers and labourers, and withdrawal of cases against farmers during the 2020-21 protest.

Who is leading the farmers' protest?

Farmers Protest 2.0 is being led by different unions as the landscape of the farmers' unions has changed in the last few years. While the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are the ones that have announced Delhi Chalo 2.0, Bhartiya Kisan Union, Samyukt Kisan Morcha which led the 2020 protest of the farmers are not part of it. 

No Rakesh Tikait and Gurnam Singh Charuni in Delhi Chalo 2.0

The two prominent leaders of the farmers' 2020 protest were Rakesh Tikait and Gurnam Singh Charuni who are nowhere to be seen in Delhi Chalo 2.0. In the meanwhile, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, leader of SKM (non-political), and Sarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary of Sarwan Singh Pandher, are leading the front. 

Heavy security, blockades 

In 2020, farmers reached the national capital. However, this time the administration has taken strict pre-emptive measures, including barbed wire, cement barricade, and nails on roads besides all roads to Delhi have been blocked. Likewise, Section 144 has been imposed in Delhi, Haryana, and Chandigarh. 

Govt's response

This time, the Central government started the negotiation process even before the farmers' Delhi Chalo march wherein the first meeting was held between the farmer leaders and the Union ministers on February 8 while the second meeting took place on February 12.

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