Farmers’ ‘Dilli Chalo’ march: Police use tear gas to disperse farmers, say ‘came as a mob’
Live MintAs the farmer protest group announced the resumption of the Delhi Chalo march, Delhi Police on Sunday used tear gas to disperse farmers at the Sambhu border between Haryana and Punjab. We have a list of the names of 101 farmers, and they are not those people - they are not letting us identify them - they are moving ahead as a mob.” Two days ago, police used tear gas to stop farmers from proceeding towards Delhi at the Shambhu border. Meanwhile, Samyukta Kisan Morcha SKM United Farmers Front member from Tamil Nadu, Ayyakannu, also expressed frustration that despite thousands of farmers protesting in Delhi last year for minimum support price and loan rights, the central government has yet to take action. The protesting farmers had previously tried to march towards Delhi on February 13 and February 21 but were blocked by security forces stationed at the border points.