The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) have referred to as for a nationwide tractor march on Monday. The rally is scheduled to cross the Yamuna Expressway ranging from Mehndipur in Rubupura to Faleda Cut. Following this, the police have enforced restrictive orders beneath Section 144. Also, a site visitors advisory for commuters has been launched, warning them of the disruptions and diversions alongside the Delhi-Noida border area. Meanwhile, within the newest set of accusations, Gurmanmeet Singh Mangat, the secretary-general of the Progressive Farmers Front, claimed on Sunday {that a} farmer, beforehand apprehended on the protest web site, had been subjected to extreme bodily abuse by Haryana Police officers.
Grave Allegation By Farmers
Addressing the media on Sunday, Mangat stated, “Our delegation, this morning, visited our fellow farmer brother Preetpal Singh. He was admitted to PJI Rohtak and continues to be receiving therapy there.”
He additionally accused the Haryana Police of denying him higher therapy after his admission into the hospital in Rohtak, because the hospital had referred him to PGI Chandigarh. However, he stated that after the efforts of the authorized staff, the Punjab Haryana High Court had ordered him to be admitted to PGI Chandigarh. “We learnt from his family members that 14 to 16 police personnel assaulted him (in custody)…they tied a rope around his neck and dragged him around. He had marks on his neck,” the farmer chief alleged, including that Preetpal had suffered a number of accidents throughout custody. Mangat stated that even for struggle criminals, such therapies are unacceptable.
Tractor March Route And Traffic Advisory
The tractors taking part within the march will cowl the Luharli Toll Plaza and Mahamaya Flyover. To ease the anticipated site visitors alongside these roads, commuters passing by Chilla border to Delhi have been suggested to take Sector 14A flyover through Golchakkar Chowk Sector-15, and autos from the DND border can use the elevated route through the Film City flyover in Sector 18, whereas these coming from Kalindi Kunj border might use Mahamaya flyover through Sector 37. Others crossing the Yamuna Expressway are suggested to go for the metro or different paths.
Yesterday, the Delhi police barely eased the site visitors curbs by partially eradicating barricades alongside the Singhu and Tikri borders because the farmers’ protest was on maintain.
Two Weeks Of Farmers’ Protest
Farmers have gathered and arrange camps at numerous factors alongside the borders of the nationwide capital since February 13, accompanied by their tractors, mini-vans, and pickup vans. Their calls for embrace, amongst others, the enactment of a legislation guaranteeing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and the withdrawal of police circumstances towards farmers concerned in earlier protests.
In the most recent spherical of discussions, which concluded nicely previous midnight on February 18, a trio of Union ministers proposed the procurement of 5 crops—moong dal, urad dal, tur dal, maize, and cotton—at MSP for a length of 5 years by central businesses. Despite the provide, the protesting farmers rejected the proposal and returned to their protest websites.
