Farmers Protest highlights: Police drop tear gas via drones, get countered by kites

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Extensive security arrangements are in place in the national capital ahead of day of ‘Delhi chalo’ march by farmers. Visuals from the borders showed heavy deployment of forces including those of Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel.

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: “I would like to say that the Modi Government has taken several steps in the last 10 years to encourage the agriculture sector and for the welfare of farmers. When they posed their demands, the government sent its senior leaders and continued the dialogue...What is the reason that new demands are being added to the demands?...If new demands are being added, more time is also required. States need time to hold discussions…” Anurag Thakur said.

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Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Long traffic jams hit the Delhi-Ghaziabad border were seen on Wednesday due to the farmers' protest and security checks put in place by the authorities.

Rapid Action Force personnel, Police personnel and Riot Control Vehicles are deployed at the Singhu Border in Delhi in view of the farmers' protest.

The morning visuals showed that security arrangements have been intensified at the Shambhu border in Ambala, Haryana, as farmers who marched towards Delhi on Tuesday clashed with the police.

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: "We have come for MSP of our crops, to demand compensation for our brothers who died in Lakhimpur (Kheri) and loan waiver. Farmers should get pension, we have come for our rights," says Amandeep Kaur from Punjab's Khanna district.

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Authorities in Punjab have raised an objection over the use of a drone by Haryana to air-drop tear gas shells on agitating farmers in their territory at the Shambhu border, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Punjab's Patiala Deputy Commissioner (DC) Showkat Ahmed Parray has written to the Ambala Deputy Commissioner, asking him not to send their drone inside Punjab's territory at the Shambhu border near Ambala.

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: 37 farm bodies led by BKU (Rajewal) president Balbir Singh Rajewal to meet in Jalandhar today amid their call for Bharat bandh on February 16.

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Heavy security deployment continues at the Singhu border on day 2 of farmers' protest today. RAF personnel, police personnel and riot control vehicle are also present at the spot.

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: "...There are reports in the media that the MSP guaranteeing law can not be formed so soon...All, we are saying is to give us a legal guarantee on that (MSP) so that we don't sell crops below that MSP. So, there is no question of a Committee...We would want the PM to step forward and speak with the farmers..." says Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee General Secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher

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Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: More than 200 farmers' unions, including the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, have organised a ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press the Centre to accept several demands. The farmers, who are set to hold a mega protest in the national capital on February 13, are on their way to Delhi from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. Read More

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: The farmers’ march to Delhi on Tuesday resulted in chaos at the Punjab-Haryana border as protesters faced tear gas shells, water cannons and lathicharge at two points when they attempted to break through multiple layers barricades set up by police to prevent them from heading towards the national capital. Dig Deeper

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Chaos unfolded in the national capital as police fired teargas shells on the protesting farmers after they reached the Shambhu border. Traffic movement was severely disrupted on major roads in the Delhi-NCR region with the authorities setting up barricades. Read More

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: In a first, the Haryana government utilized drones on Tuesday to target and disperse farmers attempting to breach barricades erected at the borders and head to Delhi for a planned protest. The paramilitary tear-smoke-unit (TSU) deployed at the Shambhu border employed drone tear smoke launchers to release numerous tear gas shells. Read More

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday rendered support to farmers who have embarked on the 'Delhi Chalo' protest and appealed to the central government to fulfil the demands of the cultivators.

In post on X, the SAD chief also appealed to Aam Adami Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to give MSP on 17 crops including wheat and paddy as promised by them to farmers earlier.

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: After the protesting farmers clashed with the police on the Punjab-Haryana border on Tuesday -- the first day of what the protesters are calling a long haul -- their Chalo Delhi march was paused for the night but protesters said they will try to cross the border again today. Read More

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Even though the Punjab farmers riding tractors packed with ration and utensils hit the roads on Tuesday with fury, the cultivators in Haryana stayed away and did not leave their home and hearth on the first day of ‘Dilli Chalo’ march. Read More

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Three years after the historic Red Fort was stormed by thousands of farmers agitating over farm laws in January 2021, the complex on Tuesday was temporarily closed for visitors and its access points were sealed shut citing security reasons in the wake of the farmers’ protest march to the national capital. Read More

Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, meanwhile, reacted to the protest, asserting that the party, if voted to power, will give a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to every farmer as per the Swaminathan Commission.

In a post on X, Rahul said "Farmer brothers, today is a historic day! Congress has decided to give a legal guarantee of MSP to every farmer on crops as per the Swaminathan Commission. This step will change the lives of 15 crore farmer families by ensuring their prosperity. This is the first guarantee of Congress on the path of justice."