Delhi borders on high alert as farmers get set to hold panchayat at Jantar Mantar on MSP, Agnipath
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India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
New
Delhi,
Aug
22:
Security
has
been
stepped
up
at
the
Delhi
borders
as
farmers
have
planned
to
hold
a
panchayat
at
Jantar
Mantar
on
MSP
and
Agnipath.
The
Samyukta
Kisan
Morcha
(SKM)
is
set
to
hold
a
panchayat
to
protest
against
the
Centre
over
a
range
of
issues
including
Minimum
Support
Price
(MSP).
Image
Courtesy:
ANI
Reports
said
that
the
gathering
of
the
farmers
could
lead
to
travel
snarls
and
untoward
incidents.
Delhi
|
Visuals
from
Singhu
border
where
security
has
been
beefed
up,
ahead
of
the
call
by
farmers
to
protest
at
Jantar
Mantar
today
pic.twitter.com/O98C2vSk2A— ANI (@ANI)
August
22,
2022
Security
tightened
at
Delhi’s
Singhu
border
ahead
of
the
call
by
farmers
to
protest
at
Jantar
Mantar
today
pic.twitter.com/uc3tADeS98— ANI (@ANI)
August
22,
2022
A
large
number
of
police
personnel
have
been
deputed
in
the
border
areas
and
barricades
have
been
put
up
too.
Special
Commissioner
of
Police,
Law
and
Order,
Dependra
Pathak
said
that
they
have
requested
the
farmers
to
go
back.
Farmers’
body
rejects
August
22
meeting
of
Committee
on
MSP,
calls
the
panel
‘farce’
“Keeping
in
mind
the
gravity
of
the
situation,
we
have
put
up
barricades
to
avoid
untoward
incidents.
A
large
number
of
police
personnel
have
been
deployed
at
the
border
areas
and
intersections
along
with
railway
tracks,”the
police
also
said.
In
a
recent
meeting,
the
SKM
which
had
spearheaded
the
agitation
against
the
now-scrapped
farm
laws
said
that
it
had
been
decided
not
to
let
any
political
party
to
associate
with
it.
The
SKM
would
remain
completely
apolitical,
they
said.
The
SKM
said
that
some
people
had
written
to
the
Centre
over
MSP
without
even
consulting
with
the
other
members
of
the
farmers’ body.
After
this
came
out
we
decided
to
have
no
relation
with
them
as
they
tried
to
sell
out
our
movement
an
SKM
leader
told
news
agency
PTI.
The
SKM
would
also
protest
against
the
Centre’s
new
military
recruitment
scheme,
‘Agnipath’
and
the
Lakhimpur
violence.
Story first published: Monday, August 22, 2022, 8:25 [IST]
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