Farmers Protest Live updates: Security increased at Shambhu border ahead of farmers' march to Delhi
Farmers Protest Delhi Chalo March Live Updates: A 'jatha' of 101 farmers will embark on a foot march to Delhi at 1 pm on Friday from the Shambhu border protest site, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said on Thursday. In view of the farmers' march, the Ambala administration issued an order under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, restricting any unlawful assembly of five or more persons in the district. Central paramilitary forces and multi-layer barricading have also been deployed on the Haryana side of the border. The primary demands of farmers include a legal guarantee for the MSP, farm loan waiver, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases (against farmers), and "justice" for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
