Protesting farmers will hold a countrywide chakka jam on Saturday to intensify their agitation against the new farm laws. The Sanyukt Kisan...
Protesting farmers will hold a countrywide chakka jam on Saturday to intensify their agitation against the new farm laws. The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a coalition of farmer unions, has given a call for all roads and national highways to be blocked throughout the nation except in Delhi and Uttarakhand.
Farm leaders also said they would not hold chakka jams in Uttar Pradesh since many farmers are busy with the harvest, according to The Indian Express. The agitation will take place for three hours from noon to 3 pm.
All farmer unions under the banner of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha will participate in the protest. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated farmers’ body, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, said that they would not support the chakka jam, alleging that the protests had become “political propaganda.”
Thousands of farmers have been hunkering down at the Capital’s fringes to demand the repeal of laws for over two months. Multiple rounds of talks took place between their leaders and the government but all of these have failed to end the impasse.
Saturday’s agitation will take place at a time when authorities have launched an unprecedented crackdown on the protestors, fortifying their protest sites with iron spikes and steel barricades to stop demonstrating farmers from entering the Capital. The government also restricted access...
