‘Jatha will march towards Delhi on Dec 8 if Centre doesn’t engage in talks’: Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher

New Delhi: Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher announced on Friday that a group of 101 farmers will march towards Delhi on December 8 at 12 noon if the Union Government does not engage in talks with them by tomorrow.

Pandher, speaking at the Shambhu border, said they would wait until tomorrow for discussions with the government. “We will wait till tomorrow for talks with the government, otherwise, a Jatha of 101 farmers will march towards Delhi on 8 December at 12 noon,” the farmer leader said.

He added, “I think the Prime Minister is not even listening to the Vice President. If the round of talks had started, a happy solution to this movement could have been found...The government is not ready for talks...For us, the ruling party and the opposition are the same; they all do politics.”

Earlier in the day, farmer leaders called off their ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest march for the day after several farmers were reportedly injured in tear gas shelling by police at the Shambu border.

Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that the ‘Jatha,’ a group of 101 farmers participating in the ‘Dilli Chalo’ march, was recalled after six farmers were injured when Haryana Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border.

Pandher had announced that the ‘Jatha’ (a contingent of 101 farmers) participating in the ‘Delhi Chalo March’ had been called off after six farmers were injured when Haryana Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd at the Haryana-Punjab Shambhu border.

“We have called off the ‘Jatha,’ not the march to Delhi. Six farmers have been injured.” Speaking at the Shambhu border, he said, “They (police) will not let us go to Delhi. Farmer leaders have been injured; we will hold a meeting to decide the future strategy,” he clarified. (ANI)

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