Punjab Govt said that need is to show more sympathy towards farmers. Punjab being a border state, law and order should be handled more sensitively during protests.
The struggle of the farmers who came out for ‘Delhi Chalo’ march for MSP and other demands continues for the sixth day (till Sunday). The security forces have stopped the agitating farmers at the Punjab-Haryana border. There is a continuous conflict between the two here. Meanwhile, to pacify the agitating farmers, today i.e. on Sunday.
An officer said that keeping in view of the farmers' protest, the fresh stock may be distributed to the outer, outer-north and east district police -- under whose jurisdiction the potential protest sites in the national capital fall.
The Haryana Police have sealed the border with barricades stopping farmers from travelling to Delhi on their tractor-trolleys. At the Shambhu border point near Ambala, there was intermittent shelling of tear gas by security personnel on Wednesday.
Farmers on Tuesday morning commenced their 'Delhi Chalo' march to press for their demands, after a meeting with two Union ministers over their demands, including legal guarantee to MSP for crops, remained inconclusive.
