Farmers once again gathered at Shambhu border near Ambala on Wednesday morning to start their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, due to which Haryana Police fired tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
Protesting farmers from Punjab made fresh attempts to remove barricades at the Haryana border in their attempt to march to Delhi to press various demands.
The protesters claimed that when some farmers gathered near the barricade at the Shambhu border, the Haryana Police fired several tear gas shells around 8 am on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, protesting farmers clashed with Haryana Police at two points on the Punjab-Haryana border. To disperse the farmers, the police had released tear gas shells and used water cannon.
After clashes that lasted for several hours with the police on Tuesday, farmer leaders had postponed the protest for the day. He said that they would resume the march from Shambhu border on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, farmers used tractors to remove barriers made of cement near the Shambhu border. These barriers were placed as part of the barricade by the Haryana Police on the Ghaggar River bridge to stop the protesting farmers from moving forward.
Haryana Police had said that tear gas shells were being used to control the situation as the protesters were pelting stones at the policemen.
The protesting farmers criticized the Haryana government for lobbing tear gas shells and said they were determined to march towards Delhi to put pressure on the Center to accept their demands.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have announced that farmers will march to Delhi on Tuesday to put pressure on the Center over their demands, including making a law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for crops. Talks between farmer representatives and Union ministers on Monday failed.