Farmers to be allowed into Delhi, says Top Cop, identifies Protest Site for them

On Friday, the Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma said that the agitating farmers will be allowed to enter Delhi & appealed to them to maintain order & demonstrate peacefully.

He said that “Protesting farmers will be allowed to enter the national capital. They will have the permission to protest at the Nirankari Samagam Ground in the Burari area".

Meanwhile, Punjab farmers’ bodies alleged that the Central Govt has allowed them entry into Delhi with permission to hold their agitation at the Burari ground, according to the news agency. “We have been allowed safe passage to Delhi,” claimed Krantikari Kisan Union president Darshan Pal.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal) president Balbir Singh Rajewal said that farmers were headed to the Burari ground after the farmers’ demand that they be allowed to hold their protest at the Ramlila ground was rejected by the Delhi Police.

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh welcomed the decision & said that the Govt should immediately initiate talks to address farmers’ issues.

He said that “I welcome Centre’s decision to allow farmers to enter Delhi to exercise their democratic right to protest. They should also now initiate immediate talks to address farmers’ concerns on the #FarmLaws & resolve the simmering issue".

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh are on their way to Delhi as part of their ‘Chalo Dilli’ agitation against the 3 contentious agricultural laws passed by the Centre in Sept. The three laws, that according to the farmers would make them vulnerable to exploitation by big corporations, are -- The Farmers’ Produce Trade & Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment & Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance & Farm Services Act, 2020 & the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020. 

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