Farmers Protest in Delhi: Farmers from six states - Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Kerala, and Punjab - head to Delhi and plan to converge on Ram Lila Maidan border of the city for a massive protest.
Farmers faced a load of lathi and tear gas early in the morning on the Haryana-Delhi border and clashed with police as they persisted in their march to Delhi for a large protest in opposition to the new agricultural laws. Groups of farmers, walking with tractors carrying essential food and supplies, are trying to enter Delhi from multiple points, braving the barricades, many wrapped in barbed wire. To stop their advance, the Haryana police have dug trenches at various crossing points.
Top 10 updates on farmer protests:
1.Trucks loaded with sand and barbed wire barricades have been placed on Delhi's border with Haryana to prevent scores of farmers from entering the capital for their "Delhi Chalo" protest.
2. Police officers have cited the coronavirus rules to stop protesters. At a border point, Singhu, a peasant leader asked police why Covid's guidelines only applied to farmers and not to forces stationed to block their path. The officer replied, "What are you talking about? I'm a farmer too."
3. The Delhi police have requested permission to convert nine stadiums in the city into makeshift "jails" to detain protesting farmers.
4. Delhi traffic police have diverted traffic in various parts of the capital due to the protest march. Border traffic has also been restricted. Yesterday, there were huge traffic jams on the road between Gurgaon and Delhi.
5. Farmers from six states - Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Kerala and Punjab - are heading to Delhi and heading to gather at Ram Lila Maidan in the heart of the metropolis for a huge protest.
6. Yesterday, farmers clashed with police on a bridge outside Haryana when tear gas and water cannons were used to push back. The farmers threw bricks at the police and pushed the vehicles parked on the bridge to clear the way and cross to Haryana.
7. Around midnight on Thursday, in the midst of a cold snap, water cannons were used again in Haryana's Sonipat to disperse a small group of Punjab farmers.
8. Haryana's Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, whose state was widely criticized for its use of force against farmers, attacked his Punjabi counterpart Amarinder Singh, accusing him of inciting protests and playing "cheap politics" during the pandemic.
9. The protest, scheduled for more than two months, has the support of 500 farmers' organizations. Farmers have not responded to Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar's call for talks on December 3. "The new farm laws are worse than the pandemic," said a farmer amid clashes with police this morning.
10. Farmers protest against three new laws aimed at introducing reforms by cutting out middlemen and improving farmers' profits by allowing them to sell their products anywhere in the country. Farmers and opposition parties argue that the laws will deprive farmers of a guaranteed minimum price for their produce and leave them at the mercy of companies.
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