The police action came after the farmers tried to begin to move towards the multi-layered barricades at Shambhu border.
The protesting farmers on Punjab-Haryana’s Shambhu border have announced to break the barricades and head towards the national capital while the Haryana police fired the tear gas shells in a bid to disperse the protesting farmers marching forward, injuring several farmers at the state border.Police fire teargas to disperse farmers marching towards New Delhi during a protest demanding minimum crop prices, at the Haryana-Punjab state border in Shambhu at Patiala.Thousands of farmers, who began the march to Delhi on February 13, were stopped at the Haryana border itself, where they clashed with security personnel. The farmers have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri points on Punjab’s border with Haryana since then.The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the ‘Dilli Chalo’ march to press the government to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP for crops and a farm loan waiver.
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