Delhi Police have increased checking at Singhu and Ghazipur borders ahead of farmers one-day protest at Jantar Mantar on Monday. Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) leaders Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Shiv Kumar Kakka had given a call to farm activists to raise their voice for demands pending even after eight months of lifting their protest at the Delhi borders after the repeal of three central agri-marketing laws. Stay with TOI for all live updates:Read Less
Farmers start gathering at Jantar Mantar in Delhi
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Traffic movement is slow at the Noida-Delhi Chilla border as security is heightened at the border entry point to Delhi, amid a call for protest by farmers over the issue of unemployment at Jantar Mantar.
Massive traffic jam at Ghazipur border
Massive jam at #GhazipurBorder due to traffic curbs in view of #FarmersProtest today #JantarMantar https://t.co/foRagHmNrs
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Farmers start arriving at Jantar Mantar amid heavy police presence.
Security tightened at Delhi's Singhu border ahead of the call by farmers to protest at Jantar Mantar today.
Security beefed up at #SinghuBorder in Delhi ahead of the call by farmers to protest at #JantarMantar today… https://t.co/g8hqYmmP5p
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Security increased at Ghazipur border on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway ahead of the call given by farmers to protest at Jantar Mantar today.
Hundreds of BKU activists from Punjab alighted at Bahadurgarh railway station, on Delhi outskirts, on Sunday to participate in the one-day protest at Jantar Mantar.
Baljit Singh, a block pradhan of BKU Ekta Sidhupur, said they got down from a train at Bahadurgarh to revisit the “pillars of the national highway at Tikri border” where they held a year-long protest against the three contentious agri laws.
Farmers from Haryana, Punjab to reach Delhi today
Farmers from Punjab and Haryana are expected to reach Delhi, where they plan to hold a protest today to press for their pending demands, primarily legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for the crops as per Swaminathan committee recommendations.