Iron rods hooked, makeshift wall created at Singhu border to limit motion of protesters

Image Source : PTI New Delhi: Barricades being arrange as a part of safety enhancements by the police close to the positioning of farmers’ ongoing protest in opposition to farm reform legal guidelines, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
Workers below the watch of police personnel on Monday hooked iron rods between two rows of cement boundaries on a flank of the principle freeway on the Singhu border to additional prohibit the motion of protesters agitating in opposition to the brand new farm legal guidelines on the web site. Another portion of the freeway on the Delhi-Haryana border is virtually blocked now as a makeshift cement wall has come up there. A employee, drilling rods in cross-formation between two rows of strong boundaries within the afternoon, mentioned, “The other flank was done yesterday. Cement is to be poured in the space between the barriers on this flank to make a makeshift wall”.
The transfer comes days after the violent clashes between some protesters and police on January 26 in the course of the tractor parade by the agitating farmers.
The part of the freeway on the Singhu border, which has been the epicenter of the farmers’ protests for over 60 days, had additionally seen a conflict lately between farmers and a bunch of people that claimed to be native residents.
On Monday, the Delhi facet of the Singhu border noticed a sparse crowd of protesters whereas the Haryana facet was dominated by vociferous speeches denouncing the brand new farm legal guidelines and clarion calls to infuse a brand new sense of solidarity within the agitation after the Republic Day incident.
Security personnel from the paramilitary forces, RAF and CRPF, had been seen in comparatively fewer numbers in comparison with the previous few days however police personnel manned the stretch spanking a mile from the protest web site.
Besides the makeshift wall on the freeway, a small trench was additionally dug up earlier throughout an inside avenue slightly off the freeway and cement barricades put up on each side.
The protesting farmers and leaders at a tent, nonetheless, confirmed no indicators of being cowed down and asserted that “these barricades put up around us can’t cage our spirit”.
All of them alleged that on January 26, “a conspiracy was made to malign this movement” and “defame it”, and extra such makes an attempt are being made whereas asserting that the agitation has “come out stronger” now.
Jashandeep Singh, 28, a resident of Mohali, who left his personal job, and spouse and one-year-old daughter behind in his hometown, to affix the motion at Singhu Border, from its early days, mentioned, “We are not retreating an inch”.

“If they think, we will get intimidated by these force tactics, then they are mistaken. We are warriors, and our fight is for everyone, and for the future generations of this country. And, they may make cement walls, but no wall is high for our free spirit. This movement is not a flood that can be checked with a dam. It’s a tsunami, no walls can stop it,” he mentioned.
In the night, cement was poured into a bit of the double-sided strong barricade, at the same time as a bunch of youth from the households of farmers, stood huddled round proper subsequent to the barricade on the opposite facet.
“They are making a wall to stop the farmers, and that too with the taxpayers’ money. Is the media listening,” screamed one of many youths from the gang as police officers and personnel watched from the Delhi facet of the border.
Earlier within the day, Balwinder Singh Sirsa, a farmer chief from Sirsa, Haryana, whereas addressing farmers, exhorted them to not get demotivated by what occurred on January 26 because it was “orchestrated by some people to denigrate the movement”.
A girl protester from Haryana, addressing an enormous gathering from the dais, mentioned the alleged conspiracy on that day has “failed to weaken this movement” and has moderately injected “a new lease of life” in it.
Randhir Singh, 85, a farmer from Haryana, additionally addressed the gathering saying “I have worked with legends Mahendra Singh Tikait and I know how Jat movement was weakened few years ago”.
“What happened on January 26 was a conspiracy. It was not done by farmers but all was part of a smear campaign bring run to defame the movement,” he alleged.
“We are not terrorists or Khalistani. We are fighting for our rights. Attempts are still being made to defame and weaken us. But Tikait’s tears have awakened the farmers of Haryana, UP, and other states,” he mentioned.

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