Police barricades set up across a road at farmers protest site at the Ghazipur border, a day after famers tractor rally, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
However, there will be no blockage of roads in Delh-NCR since all the protest sites are already in a ‘chakka jam’ mode. All the roads for entering Delhi will remain open except where farmers’ protest sites are already located. Tikait said: “Given the agriculture-related work, the proposed roadblock in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday has been taken back and instead a memorandum will be submitted to the respective District Magistrates or subordinates.”
Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday asserted that the government’s offer to amend the new farm laws to assuage farmers’ sentiments did not mean they had any flaws even as opposition parties demanded fresh legislations with one Congress MP describing the acts as “death warrants” for farmers.
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