Photos: Farmers called for new discussions as protest enters day six
The ongoing farmers’ agitation against Centre’s new farm reform laws entered the sixth day on December 1. Farmers observed the 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev also known as Gurpurab, at the border camps. Groups protesting at the Singhu and Tikri border were seen offering prayers and distributing prasad among each other and the security personnel deployed there to stop their movement. Visuals were also seen from medical camps set up at the Singhu border to assist injured farmers from the clash on November 27. Amid decisions by farm leaders to block three more borders in the national capital in order to be heard, the Centre has called their leaders for a fresh round of talks on November 1.
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Police personnel stand behind barriers as a symbolic “Section 288” to counter the police’s Section 144 is marked on the protest site by farmers at Ghazipur border near Delhi on November 30. The ongoing protests by thousands of farmers against the new farm reform laws has entered its sixth day on December 1, with the protestors having threatening to block all five entry points to the national capital, HT reported. (Sakib Ali / HT Photo)
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A farmer raises slogans during the ongoing protest at Singhu border in New Delhi on November 30. The next round of talks was originally scheduled for December 3 but were advanced after home minister Amit Shah and agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar met twice in a span of 24 hours on November 30 to discuss the course of action. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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Farmers offer prayers on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti at Singhu border in New Delhi on November 30. “We have definitely come here from Punjab but we will celebrate Guruparva the same way we do every year. In Ardas, we pray that our Guru Nanak ji gives good sense to the government so that the “black laws” being imposed on us are scrapped,” Bharatiya Kisan Union (Doaba) president Manjeet Singh told ANI. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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Farmers distribute “prasad” at the protest site Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti at Singhu border in New Delhi on November 30. Farmers protesting at the Tikri border and Singhu border were seen distributing prasad among each other and security personnel. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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A medical professional checks on a protesting farmer at a medical camp set up near the protest site in Singhu border, New Delhi on November 30. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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Police personnel are seen next to concrete barricades installed to stop any vehicular movement by the protesting farmers at Ghazipur border on November 30. The barriers were placed after farmer leaders said they will block more highways connecting Delhi apart from Singhu and Tikri borders. (Sakib Ali / HT Photo)
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Farmers congregate during day five of protests against the new farm reform laws at Singhu border in New Delhi on November 30. Farmer leaders at Singhu Border held a press briefing on November 29 and announced that they would block three more borders to be heard. These farmers had marched up to Delhi on November 27 but were not allowed to enter the city, leading to violent clashes between them and the Delhi Police, HT reported. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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