NEW DELHI—Indian police on Tuesday used tear gas and detained some farmers who tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests, when they camped on the capital’s outskirts for more than a year.
Police guard a major highway at Singhu near New Delhi to stop thousands of protesting farmers from entering the capital on Tuesday, Feb.13, 2024. Farmers, who began their march from northern Haryana and Punjab states, are asking for a guaranteed minimum support price for all farm produce.
Police have sealed multiple entry points into the capital with barriers of barbed wire, spikes and cement blocks. The government has banned large gatherings in the capital and suspended Internet service in some districts of neighboring Haryana state to prevent communication among the protesters. The farmers, who began their march in northern Haryana and Punjab states, are asking for a guaranteed minimum support price for all farm produce. The government protects agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices by announcing a minimum purchase price for certain essential crops at the beginning of the sowing season, taking into account the cost of production.The withdrawal of the agricultural laws in November 2021 was seen as a major retreat by the Modi government.
“We do not want to break any barricades. We want a resolution of our issues through dialogue. But if they do nothing, then what will we do? It is our compulsion,” Sarwan Singh Pandher, a leader of one of the farmer groups, told reporters Tuesday.
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