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Farmers’ associations demonstrate at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad border as part of Bharat Bandh call
Farmers’ associations demonstrate at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border as part of Bharat Bandh call. “If govt can make law they can repeal it as well. They must work with farmer associations and experts. We’ll leave only after we get it in writing,” says a farmer leader.
NH24 will be blocked from 11 am till 3 pm, major vegetable mandis, including Azadpur Mandi shut
NH24 will be blocked from 11 am till 3 pm, major vegetable mandis Azadpur Mandi, Okhla Mandi, Ghazipur Mandi to remain shut.
Delhi-Meerut highway blocked
The “Bharat bandh” – a nationwide shutdown called for by farmers protesting the farm laws – will run from 11 AM to 3 PM, with transport services, offices and shops – particularly those selling fruits and vegetables – in some states and cities likely to be affected. Police in Delhi and Haryana, where large numbers of farmers have set up camp amid police barricades, have issued advisories to re-route traffic where possible or warn commuters of delays. Farmer groups are also expected to block highways and occupy toll plazas, but they have emphasised this will be a “peaceful protest” and emergency services – like ambulances – will not be stopped or delayed.
Delhi Police has put CM Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest
Delhi Police has put CM Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest ever since he visited farmers at Singhu Border yesterday, tweets Aam Aadmi Party.
CM met farmers at Singhu border y’day. He had said that we’ll serve them like ‘Sevadars’ & support them. After he returned, Delhi Police barricaded his residence from all sides, putting him in a house-arrest like situation, at the behest of Home Ministry: Saurabh Bharadwaj, AAP
No one is allowed to go inside, he is not allowed to come out. MLAs, who had a meeting with CM yesterday, were beaten up by Police when they went to meet him. Workers were not allowed to meet him either. BJP leaders are being made to sit outside his residence: Saurabh Bharadwaj
It is a general deployment to avoid any clash between AAP and any other party. CM has not been put under house arrest: Anto Alphonse, DCP North, Delhi.
Bharat Bandh: Protesters block three highways in Gujarat
Protesters blocked three highways in rural Gujarat by placing burning tyres on roads on Tuesday morning as part of the Bharat Bandh called by agitating farmer unions to press for repeal of the Centre’s agri laws, affecting vehicular traffic for some time.
Bharat Bandh: Anna Hazare on fast to support farmers
Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday sat on a day-long hunger strike to support agitating farmers who have called Bharat Bandh demanding repeal of the Centre’s agri laws.
Maharashtra: Pune APMC market remains open on ‘Bharat Bandh’
Maharashtra: Pune APMC market remains open on ‘Bharat Bandh’. “We support farmers’ agitation. But we’ve kept the market open today so farm produces coming in from other states can be stored or else they will rot. It will be sold tomorrow only,” says a local trader, Sachin Paygude
Bharat Bandh: APMCs remain shut in many parts of Maha
Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) remained closed in many parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday in support of the Bharat Bandh called by agitating farmer unions to press for repeal of the Centre’s agri laws.
Bharat Bandh: In Goa, public transport normal; markets open
Markets remained open in BJP-ruled Goa on Tuesday morning while public transport was also normal even as various political parties have backed the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers against new agri laws of the Centre.
Bharat Bandh: Protesting farmers prepare to block roads, occupy toll plazas in Delhi
Protesting farmers started preparations to block key roads and occupy toll plazas on Tuesday as part of their call for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ against the Centre’s new agri marketing laws.
Few vehicles on Patna roads as Mahagathbandhan supports ‘Bharat Bandh’
Very few vehicles were seen on roads in state capital Patna on Tuesday morning as the Mahagathbandhan led by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is spearheading the support to the ‘Bharat Bandh’ in Bihar.