In view of farmers’ nationwide “chakka jam” (road blockade) against three farm laws, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in Gurugram staged symbolic protest at Krishna Chowk near Bheghera flyover on Palam Vihar road in Gurugram on Saturday.
Aroud 200 protesters and leaders from political parties sat in the middle of road blocking the movement of traffic. They raised anti Government slogans against the newly passed three agricultural laws.
“As per the schedule we will protect here for three hours from 12 pm to 3 pm. The Government is adamant in favour of these three black laws. SKM will protest against these three farm laws till it’s roll back,” said Chaudhary Santokh Singh, President SKM Gurugram.
Meanwhile, the traffic was disrupted as the protesters specially women made human chain towards Bheghera flyover to disrupt traffic movement. They also sat at the Krishna chowk to disrupt the traffic movement towards Palam Vihar and Delhi.
The protesters at the site were also distributing anti Government pamphlet in which they had mentioned cons of these three black laws.
A number of police personnel were deployed to handle the traffic movement and prevent any untoward incidents. The Gurugram police have made adequate arrangements in view of the farmers’ “chakka jam”, said senior officials.
“We have diverted the traffic and keep asking commuters to avoid visiting Palam Vihar Road towards Krishna Chowk and Bheghera Flyover. A number of police check poins are installed to check vehicles. We have asked the protesters to lift there protest but they were not ready to listen to us. The protest till now was peaceful and no untoward incident was reported,” said Rajeev Kumar, ACP (Udyog Vihar).
Apart from this, the Gurugram roads including the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal and State highways were remained unaffected from nationwide “chakka jam”.
The Farmers had announced nationwide “chakka jam” (road block) over three farm laws for three hours between 12 pm to 3 pm