Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers from West Bengal, Andhra, Odisha join protest

Jaipur: Farmers from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal reached Alwar’s Shahjahanpur border in batches on Monday via Jaipur to extend their support to the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s farm laws.More batches of farmers from West Bengal and Kerala will join the agitation in the coming days, said Sanjay Madhav of Sanyunkt Kisan Morcha. Earlier, farmers from several districts of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana had joined the protest in Shahjahanpur. These farmers will head towards Delhi to join the farmers’ agitation after a stay here for a couple of days.A day after the locals threatened to block the supply of food items, ration, blankets and mattresses to the farmers’ protest site at Alwar’s Shahjahanpur, Haryana police on Monday opened the service lane at the border for four-wheelers traveling from Delhi to Jaipur.Meanwhile, heavy vehicles and trucks are being diverted through Behror-Khairtal. Talks are going on between the locals and the administration to open the other service for vehicles traveling from Jaipur to Delhi.The residents of 35 villages from both sides of the border (Rajasthan and Haryana), during a mahapanchayat on Sunday, decided to block the supply of ration, food items, blankets and mattresses for protesting farmers at Alwar’s Shahjahanpur border. They had also decided to block all the roads leading to the protest site in Shahjahanpur.They had demanded that the highway should be cleared and appealed to the farmer leaders to either end their agitation or move to a different location. However, the farmers had refused to clear the highway.The locals had taken a decision to organise chaupals in the villages at night and mobilise villagers to be united against the protesting farmers. Security has been beefed up on both sides due to the growing tension at the border.

The Times of India

2021-01-12

Jaipur