Farmers said they have enough essentials to continue their protests for up to six months. At least three highways that lead to Delhi remain blocked amid the protests.
Despite a ground being allocated to them in the capital’s outskirts to hold their protest against the farm laws that they want to be repealed, the majority of farmers have chosen to camp around the Delhi border. The agitating farmers, who’ve braved tear gas, water cannons and lathi-charge during their agitation, have said that they have enough essentials to continue their protests for up to six months. At least three highways that lead to Delhi remain blocked amid the protests.
“We’ve got food rations for six months. We’ll go back after getting rid of the black agriculture laws which are against farmers,” a protestor at Singhu border told news agency ANI.
“Our protest will continue till the farm laws are not withdrawn. We are here for the long haul,” a farmer was quoted as saying at Nirankari Samagam Ground in Burari. The Delhi Police commissioner had allotted the place for protest in the wake of thousands of farmers marching towards the national capital.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who has voiced his support to agitating farmers, is personally monitoring arrangements being made in Burari, his party informed in a tweet.
Some of the protestors at the site complained about the lack of facilities at the protest site to NDTV. “There are no arrangements at protest venue in Burari. No arrangements for even toilets. We tried to go to a gurudwara but police did not allow us,” one farmer told NDTV.
Narendra Singh Tomar, the agriculture minister, has requested farmers to end their protest. He said the central government is ready to discuss issues related to three agriculture sector laws with the representatives of farmers organisation.
“The government has always been ready to discuss issues with farmers. We have invited farmers’ organisations for another round of talks on 3rd December. I appeal to them to leave agitation in view of COVID-19 and winter,” Mr Tomar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
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