In view of the farmers’ tractor rally, the Gurugram police had erected concrete barriers and containers on both sides of the Delhi-Jaipur expressway (NH-48) near the NSG campus to stop farmer’s from entering the national Capital.
A number of trucks were stationed on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway between the NSG campus and Manesar women’s polytechnic college.
The Gurugram police had also deployed huge police force including Rapid Action Force, Haryana police commando, traffic personnel along with water cannon, special purpose vehicle and fire brigade.
Convener of Gramin Kisan Mazdoor Samiti, Ranjit Singh Raju told The Pioneer that a huge number of tractors were heading towards Gurugram from the Haryana-Rajasthan border and Masani barrage in Rewari which were lined up for around 12 kilometers.
Meanwhile, the truck drivers claimed that they have forcefully stopped since Monday night.
“I was heading towards Jaipur laden with industrial material but when I reached near NSG campus on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway the police deployed here stopped me and snatched my keys. I didn’t eat anything since night,” said Roshan Singh a truck driver.
Apart from this, Hundreds of farmers from Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala along with more than 300 hundreds tractors, SUV vehicles, bus and motorcyclists affixed with the tricolor had taken part in the Farmer’s tractor rally parade on the occasion of Republic Day in Gurugram.
The Farmers’ carrying the national flag sung patriotic songs, slogans and anti slogans against the central government reached near Manesar women’s polytechnic college on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway around 3.30 pm.
A number of farmers under the banner of several farmers’ union took around more than five hours to reach in Gurugram from Haryana-Rajasthan border, Dharuhera and Masani barriage in Rewari on hundreds of tractors, SUV vehicles and motorcycles.
“We started moving towards Gurugram around 11 am. During rally a number of local people supports our rally they even had arranged langar (community kitchen) for us. They were also distributing food which shows that they are supporting ongoing Farmers’ agitation,” said Tevender, a farmer who took part in the tractor rally.
However, some farmers alleged that when they reached near Panchgaon the local including BJP workers attacked on them. “We were moving peacefully towards Gurugram but near Panchgaon on the NH-48 few villages and BJP workers attacked on us with stone which breaks our vehicle window pain. However, there were no clash reported between the police and farmer’s,” said Sarabjit Singh, a protesting farmer.
Meanwhile, when the farmer’s tractor rally reached near the polytechnic college on the national highway the Gurugram police deployed at the spot welcomed the farmer’s with flowers.
The police also kept vigil over the entire location via drones. Also, a number of police personnel were also deployed to avoid any untoward incidents.
The Farmers’ tractor rally took U-turn just ahead of police blockage near the Women’s polytechnic college on the National Highway and returned to their protesting sites.