CHANDIGARH: The farmers’ agitation against three new agriculture laws is continuously getting all kinds of support from all sections of society across Haryana. In the wake of this, a few miscreants, who have entered in agitation, are most likely to try to spoil it, Gurnam Singh Chaduni, president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Haryana, has said.
Many farmer leaders are of the opinion that a few people are trying their best to damage the image of the agrarian community and the agitation itself; so, the farmers are required to be aware of such people with ill intentions, Chaduni said. He added that there have been several attempts made to damage the image of agitation, but they did not succeed as the farmers were careful regarding the same. Even a few women also tried to enter the agitation to damage the image of the farmers’ protest, like in the case of the Jat agitation which took place in Haryana earlier, he said. The farmer leader attacked the government, saying that efforts are being made to damage the image of the farmers and their agitation. “We would not leave any stone unturned to expose such miscreants trying to damage the agitation,” he added.
It is pertinent to mention that Haryana Chief Minister had earlier said that miscreants are part of the agitation; besides, he had said that there are Khalistani supporters in the agitation. Outrightly rejecting the allegations of the Chief Minister, the farmer leader said that the government is trying its best to stop the farmers’ agitation and damage the image of the movement and the above allegations are a part of the same conspiracy.
It is evident from the ongoing scenario that farmers are taking necessary steps to deal with such elements. The farmers have come up with a plan to issue a few mobile numbers publicly so that they can get information pertaining to such bad elements. Apart from this, it is worth mentioning that the farmers’ agitation continues to give rise to problems, as the state as well the Central government’s efforts have failed to convince the farmers.
Meanwhile, agitated farmers on Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Ghazipur on Thursday failed in their attempt to enter the national capital by breaking the barricades after the police pacified the situation.
“If a decision is not taken in 24 hours, we will break all the barricades at different locations and enter Delhi,” Pawan Khatana, Bharat Kisan Union’s Delhi-NCR President, told IANS after attempting to break the barricades.
Thousands of farmers protesting against the Central farm laws have laid siege at Ghazipur border and on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in a bid to enter the national capital. The crowd swelled after around 100 tractors reached the protest site at noon.
The border points in the area continue to remain under heavy police cover with multilayered barricades in place.
In the morning, when the farmers had blocked the expressway, Gayendra Singh, SP (City), Ghaziabad, had said that the police were hopeful that the blockade will end soon on the key road leading to Delhi.
With IANS inputs
