A group of farmers led by Jat farmer leader from Haryana, was stopped at Haryana-Rajasthan border on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway since Saturday night.
The Gurugram police on Sunday intensified their security arrangements and deployed more police force in view of farmers from assembled at the Haryana-Rajasthan border.
The protesting farmers from Rajasthan, encountering Haryana police, stage a dharna at the interstate border point.
According to information the farmers group are waiting for other famers group association to intensified their ptotest and lead towards the national capital on Sunday.
Sources said, More police personnel than farmers were seen at the Rajasthan-Haryana border here on Sunday. As of Saturday evening, two groups of farmers from Rajasthan, with more expected in Sunday, turned up to join the march in response to the call for “blocking” the Delhi-Jaipur national highway. The Haryana police has stopped the farmers on th carriageway, which connects Rajasthan to Delhi via the state, close to the Rajasthan border.
According to a senior police officer of the Gurugram police who don't wish to be named said, this time the Harayana police have changed their stredgy to stop protesting farmer's and have erected multiple blocker from Haryana-Rajasthan border to Delhi-Gurugram.
The Haryana police have installed several police personnel at the Haryana-Rajasthan border, Bawal, Sidhrawali, Bilaspur Chowk, Panchgaon Chowk, near Kherki-Daula toll plaza, Shankar Chowk and Delhi-Gurugram border on the expressway.
Meanwhile, the umbrella associations of farmers collectives, Kisan Samyukt Morcha had asked its constituents to intensify protests on the expressway to the national capital.
Apparently, the call was also made to ensure that the Centre government continues to remain ‘under pressure’, after several rounds of talks with the government has failed to make any conclusion so far.
Rampal Jat Haryana based farmer leader said, “Farmers from different villages here will assemble at Rajasthan-Haryana border. We are expecting to see participation in thousands from across the state".
The leader stated that they all want to join the farmers who are already protesting at the the national capital.
“We are also coming with preparation to stay put for months, with food, clothes, water and other essentials,” he added. Swaraj India converner Yogendra Yadav, who along with farmers and worker union have moved towards the national capital on foot on Sunday, told that farmers are being mobilised for the march to the national on December (13) from several districts of Rajasthan and from South Haryana districts.
According to an information on Sunday afternoon, traffic movement on the expressway at Haryana-Rajasthan border witnessed slow, even as multiple strategic points throughout the route saw stationed Haryana police personnel.
The Haryana police officials said they will not allow to anyone to disrupt traffic snarl and law and order situation in the state.
"Thousands of police personnel along with water cannons, crains and anti riot equipments have been stationed across the national highway to stop farmers entering in Gurugram region," said Nikita Gahlaut, DCP (Manesar).
As the protesting farmers staged a dharna on the service lane of the highway, the interstate border point reverberated with slogans like, “Roll back the black law".
"Farmers led by us have been on a dharna at Haryana Rajasthan border since Saturday and we are waiting for more farmers group from Rajasthan. We all assembled here and will move towards Delhi to join the farmers agitation in the national capital" Rajpal said.
“We know that we will be stopped by the police and we are prepared for that. This is our demostration again the three black farms law and we will win, sooner or later,” he said. At the state border, behind a layer of barricades, a crane was deployed to dig a hole, possibly to collect sand to fill trolleys with, and form another barrier. The state police personnel were joined by the CISF and the Rapid Action Force (RAF). This will ensure that the march is at least slowed down, if not stopped, at each barrier, the official said.