Delhi is bracing itself for a second round of traffic jams as protesting farmers plan a “Delhi Chalo” march from the Shambhu border on Friday.
More than 100 farmers will take to the streets to push their demands toward the National Capital.
In order to control the growing numbers of protesters, considerable resources have been used to increase security at the Haryana-Punjab border.
Here’s what to expect.
The ‘Delhi Chalo’ march
Under the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) banners, a number of unions, including the Bharatiya Kisan Union-Ekta and others from Haryana, are once again coming together to further their demands during the march.
Farmers from Haryana districts like Ambala and Sirsa, as well as Punjab areas like Taran Taran, Amritsar, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Sangrur, and Patiala, are continuing to pour onto the protest site at the Shambhu border.
During the previous ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, farmers from various states, especially Punjab, led the ‘tractor-trolley’ protest to reach the National Capital via Haryana; this time, however, they will march on foot.
Sarwan Singh Pandher, a farmer leader, told reporters at a press conference on the Shambhu border that a group of 101 farmers, known as the “Marjeevda Jatha,” will march on foot from the Shambhu border protest site to Delhi at 1 pm on November 6. He also said that other groups would follow in the coming days.
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