Farmers suspend 'Dilli Chalo' march after 9 injured
Around nine farmers were injured during the clashes, following which they suspended their march on Sunday. The farm leaders will hold an internal meeting to decide the further course of action.
On Sunday a group of 101 farmers tried to resume their march to Delhi from the Shambhu protest site on the Punjab-Haryana border, demanding a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and addressing other issues.
However, farm leaders claimed that around nine farmers were injured during the clashes, following which they suspended their march on Sunday. The farm leaders will hold an internal meeting to decide the further course of action.
Today we have decided to withdraw the 'jatha'. The agitation will continue today. One farmer has been admitted to PGI and is in serious condition and 8-9 farmers are injured, so we have withdrawn the 'jatha'. After the meeting, we will tell you about the future program," farm leader Sarwan Singh Pandher was quoted as saying by a news agency.
Earlier, The protesting farmers resumed their march to Delhi from the Shambhu border on Sunday afternoon, stating that they had not received any invitation from the Union Government for talks. The visuals from the Shambhu border showed police using tear gas to disperse the protesting farmers and stop them from marching towards the national capital.
The groups attempted to enter the national capital on Friday also, but were stopped by Haryana police through barricading and use of teargas shells.
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