New Delhi: The Haryana Police on Tuesday (July 21) morning barricaded the Shambhu border to prevent farmers from travelling to Delhi ahead of the Kisan Mahapanchayat against the India-US interim trade framework, erecting blockades and placing concrete blocks at the bridge over Ghaggar river to curb movement of farmer convoys. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher from Kisan Mazdoor Sanghrash Committee Punjab strongly condemned the move.

Pandher, speaking to news agency PTI, said they were headed for a day-long peaceful “maha rally” in the national capital, which would end by the evening. He said that 33 unions, according to him, were planning to travel to the national capital for the peaceful protest.

The Kisan Mahapanchayat is being organised at Delhi’s Kisan Ghat under the banner of the “Desh Bachao Morcha” to oppose the proposed trade deal, which, according to farmer unions, would allow cheaper agricultural imports into India, adversely affecting domestic farm incomes.

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