The joint commissioner of Delhi police met a delegation of protesting farmers against the center’s three controversial agricultural laws on Sunday, before theirs planned demonstration in front of parliament during the monsoon session.
The nine-member coordination committee of the farmers’ umbrella organization Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) informed the Delhi police of its plans for the upcoming protest in front of parliament.
India Today accessed exclusive details of the meeting and learned that Delhi police refused to allow farmers to stay in or near Jantar Mantar during the monsoon session of parliament, which begins July 19 and ends August 13 Protest building of parliament in the capital.
The farmers wanted to organize a “Kisan Sansad” or farmers’ parliament in Jantar Mantar, but the representatives of the Delhi police asked them to reconsider their request. Until now, people are not allowed to assemble or demonstrate.
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NUMBER OF MEETINGS
Police cited guidelines from the Delhi Disaster Management Authority in light of the pandemic. According to these guidelines, the police claimed that political gatherings were not yet allowed and that 200 people could not be allowed to protest the farmers.
Police urged farmers to change the location of the protest and reduce the number of people who gather each day. However, a union leader said he had turned down these proposals and that 200 people would gather every day during the monsoon session.
The Delhi police will now respond on Monday and the timing of the protest will then be set.
PEACEFUL PROTEST
When the farmers’ leaders assured the Delhi police that their protest would be peaceful during the monsoon session, the police referred to the incident of January 26, 2021. They said that although the tractor march permit was given and the route set for the same day, the rules were later broken because of anti-social elements that occurred and caused a riot.
The farmers assured the Delhi police that they have no plans to besiege Parliament or to enter it forcibly.
Subway stations on alert
Before the monsoon session of parliament and the farmers’ protest march to parliament seven underground stations in the state capital were kept on high alert as a precaution. These can be switched off immediately if necessary.
The seven metro stations are Janpath, Lok Kalyan Marg, Patel Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Central Secretariat, Mandi House and Udyog Bhawan.
PREPARATIONS OF THE FARMERS
Preparations for the Samyukta Kisan Morcha for the parliamentary protests are currently in full swing. The protest is carried out simultaneously on every working day of parliament by contingents of 200 farmers from different countries. The SKM has set up a committee to make daily lists of farmers who will join the protest.
Farmers from different states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh will take part. In various states, parliamentarians are received by farmers’ delegations and their demands communicated.
“Every day during the monsoon session, 200 farmers will go from the Singhu border to Parliament. Protesters will also have ID cards Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh’s national president Shiv Kumar Kakka was quoted in a PTI report.
The SKM has also made it clear that their position is with Notice of boycott of political leaders and black flag protests against them is only directed against the BJP and its allies and not against other political parties.
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