Farmers Call Off Chandigarh Sit-In After Police Action, Warn Bhagwant Mann | Read
The massive week-long protest planned by Punjab farmers that was to begin today in state capital Chandigarh, was foiled by the police, who stopped those marching in from villages to join in. Multiple checkpoints were set up across the state and security stepped up at all entry points. Farmers, who left for Chandigarh in tractor-trolleys and other vehicles, were stopped.
The situation - aggravated by the Chief Minister's walkout at the middle of the meeting - has placed the farmers and the government on a collision course.
"SKM warns Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann that his government will not have enough jails if the farmers of Punjab decide to court arrest to protect the democratic rights of the people," read a statement from then SKM.
